Social work with young people in care: looking after children in theory and practice

Author:
THOMAS Nigel
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication year:
2005
Pagination:
212p., bibliog.
Place of publication:
Basingstoke

This text offers an introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after away from home. The book explains the context in which children are looked after, the range of services available, and the research evidence, laying the groundwork for developing good practice skills. It emphasises the importance of listening to children and to issues of disability and ethnicity.

Subject terms:
learning disabilities, looked after children, physical disabilities, social work, young people, ethnicity;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
United Kingdom
ISBN print:
1 4039 2050 8

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