Social work with children and families : developing advanced practice / / Penelope Welbourne

• Autore: Welbourne Penelope
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/53
• Soggetto topico: Social work with children; Family social work
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Social Work with Children and Families; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Child- and family-centred social work; 1. Hearing children's voices and respecting children's wishes and feelings, part 1: Trust, communication and support; 2. Hearing children's voices and respecting children's wishes and feelings, part 2: The legal framework, and putting it into practice; 3. Reflection: Theory, knowledge, identity and power in working with children and families; 4. Assessment of parenting: Constructing meaning from detail ; 5. Narrative and understanding the family's world: Questions and stories in working with children and families6. Social work and poverty: A complex relationship; Part 2: Social work and the management of risk, and support for colleagues; 7. Risk in child and family social work,part 1: The idea of risk and uncertainty in social work; 8. Risk in child and family social work,part 2: Probability and different levels of prevention; 9. Working with resistance: The challenge of working with involuntary service users; 10. Drugs and alcohol and child and family social work ; 11. In care and going home: Working with parents towards reunification12. Supporting others in their professional development; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children and families. This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level.Accessible and thorough, the text focuses on a mixture of conceptual and organisational topics, skills, law, policy and key practice issues. It includes chapters on:Social work values and ethics Risk, uncertainty and accountabilityDirect work with children and young people Promoting
• Titolo autorizzato: Social work with children and families
• ISBN: 1-136-31639-6; 1-280-77683-8; 9786613687227; 0-203-11965-7; 1-136-31640-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807328203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Post-qualifying Social Work