The Practitioner's Guide to Working with Families
Published on 14. March 2017
VI, 250 pages
978-0-230-21689-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a clear and coherent guide to working with families for practitioners and students in social work, health, counselling and related professions. It brings together recent thinking on the historical and contemporary constructions of the family in such a way as to provide a helpful framework for practitioners working in a variety of settings in the field. It offers up-to-date information on political, legislative and theoretical frameworks, and it reviews and illustrates a wide range of approaches and practice skills for working with families with different problems in different contexts.
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Margaret Bell | Kate Wilson
The Practitioner's Guide to Working with Families
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Dr MARGARET BELL is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York. Prior to working at the University of York, she worked as a Senior Social Worker at a number of general and psychiatric hospitals. From 1984 to 1992, she also worked as a guardian ad litem. She has provided consultancy and training to local authorities and to agencies and organisations in the private and voluntary sector, including legal and court forums.
KATE WILSON is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York and Programme Director for the MA/Diploma in Non-Directive Play Therapy. Previously, she worked at the University of Hull and with Humberside Social Services as a social worker and Acting Neighbourhood Team Manager. She has also worked in probation. Notable amongst her book publications is The Child Protection Handbook, co-edited with A. James.
KATE WILSON is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York and Programme Director for the MA/Diploma in Non-Directive Play Therapy. Previously, she worked at the University of Hull and with Humberside Social Services as a social worker and Acting Neighbourhood Team Manager. She has also worked in probation. Notable amongst her book publications is The Child Protection Handbook, co-edited with A. James.
Content
Introduction; M. Bell and K. Wilson.- SECTION 1: THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND WELFARE CONTEXT FOR WORKING WITH FAMILES.- New Labour and Family Support; C. Skinner.- Families, Social Change and Diversity; B. Frost and B. Featherstone.- SECTION 2: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICE APPROACHES TO WORKING WITH FAMILIES.- Assessing Families: The Family Assessment: Assessment of Family Competence, Strengths and Difficulties; L. Bingley Miller and A. Bentovim.- Using Extended Attachment Theory as an Evidence Based Guide when Working with Families; D. Heard.- Theme Focussed Family Therapy: Working with the Dynamics of Emotional Abuse Within an Attachment and Systems Perspective; U. McCluskey.- SECTION 3: WORKING WITH FAMILY GROUPS IN DIFFICULTY.- Working with Divorcing Partners; C. Clulow and C. Vincent.- Working with Family Change: Re-partnering and Stepfamily Life; J. Batchelor.- Working with Families Where There are Child Protection Concerns; S. Petrie.- Working with Families Where There is Domestic Violence; M. Bell.- Working with Families Who Neglect Their Children; D. Iwaniec.- Foster Care: Policies and Practice in Working with Foster Placements; K. Wilson and Ian Sinclair.
