Safeguarding and promoting the well being of children, families, and their communities / / edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812590603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-53810-4; 9786610538102; 1-84642-246-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 304 p
• Altri autori (Persone): ScottJane <1968->; WardHarriet <1948->
• Disciplina: 362.7
• Soggetti: Child welfare; Children with social disabilities - Services for; Family social work; Social work with children
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Some chapters based on papers originally given at the Fifth International Looking After Children Conference held in Oxford, England in Sept. 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A Note on the Book -- 1. Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Part I Evidence of Need -- 2.Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children: Evidence of Need in the UK -- 3. Policies in the UK to Promote the Well-being of Children -- 4. The Impact of US Welfare Reform on Children's Well-being -- Part II Effective Interventions to Promote Children's Health and Well-being -- 5. Support Teams for Adolescents -- 6. Catching Children as They Fall The East Dunbartonshire Looked After Children Mental Health Project -- 7. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Minority Children in Canada and Australia -- 8. 'Better than Being at Home': Disabled Children's Views about School -- 9. The Voice of Young People: Reflections on the Care Experience and the Process of Leaving Care -- Part III Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Families -- 10. ; Themes from a UK Research Initiative on Supporting Parents -- 11. The Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Program and Breaking the Cycle: A Nation's Response to Programming for its Most Vulnerable Citizens -- 12. Promoting the Well-being of Children and Families: What is Best Practice? -- 13. Shared Family Care: Child Protection and Family Preservation in Action -- Part IV Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Communities -- 14. Housing Issues in Child Welfare: A Practice Response with Service and Policy Implications -- 15. Searching for Impacts of a Community-based Initiative: The Evaluation of '1,2,3 GO!' -- Part V Conclusion -- 16. Dude, Where's My Outcomes?: Partnership Working and Outcome-based Accountability in the UK -- 17 Evaluating Interventions and Monitoring Outcomes -- Glossary -- References -- The Contributors -- Subject Index.; Author Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative interventions designed to nurture children's health and welfare, and analyses which types of programmes are most effective and why.