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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788152803321

Titolo

Social work with troubled families : a critical introduction / / edited by Keith Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-85700-974-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

362.8253

Soggetti

Family social work

Dysfunctional families - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

SOCIAL WORK WITH TROUBLED FAMILIES; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1. Introducing the Troubled Families Programme; Chapter 2. Delivering Phase 1 of the Troubled Families Programme: A Provider's Perspective; Chapter 3. The Troubled Families Workforce and Occupational Identity ; Chapter 4. The 'Family Recovery' Approach to Helping Struggling Families; Chapter 5. Troubled or Troublesome? Children Taken into Care and Custody ; Chapter 6. 'Troubled Families': A Team Around the Family; Chapter 7. International Perspectives ; Contributors; Subject Index; Blank Page; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an introduction to the government's Troubled Families Programme (TFP) and explores the fundamentals of this kind of approach in social work.  In particular it looks at the initiative's origins, implications and effectiveness as well as troubled family approaches in a broader context.