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