Helping in child protective services [[electronic resource] ] : a competency-based casework handbook / / edited by Charmaine Brittain and Deborah Esquibel Hunt

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.71
• Soggetto topico: Child welfare - United States; Maternal and infant welfare - United States; Child welfare workers - United States; Social work with children - United States; Family social work - United States
• Altri autori: BrittainCharmaine HuntDeborah Esquibel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; 1 The CPS Experience: Working with a Family from Beginning to End; 2 The History of Child Protective Services; 3 The Casework Process; 4 Key Partners in Protecting Children and Supporting Families; 5 Interviewing Children and Families; 6 Intake and Investigation: Initial Stages of the CPS Process; 7 Assessment; 8 Child Development; 9 The Medical Evaluation of Abuse and Neglect; 10 Intervention with Families; 11 The Legal Framework for Child Protective Services; 12 Accountability in Child Protective Services; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators. This invaluable resource provides CPS workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to assist vulnerable families, covering such key issues as assessment, decision making, intervention, child development, medical evaluation, accountability, and the legal framework of culturally responsive practice. This handbook equips CPS professionals and students to follow th
• Titolo autorizzato: Helping in child protective services
• ISBN: 0-19-774235-1; 0-19-803662-0; 9786610503254; 0-19-530378-4; 1-280-50325-4; 1-4237-3538-2; 1-60256-860-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783350303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II