Social Work with Looked After Children
3rd Edition
Published on 15. April 2019
352 pages
978-1-5264-5158-3 (ISBN)
Description
This practical book looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker's role in working with them. This is a popular guide to this complex and demanding area of practice. There are chapters on communication and children's rights, life story work, attachment and culture, ethnicity and faith. Throughout the book there are sections on supporting legislation and policy for children in residential care, foster care, adoption and leaving care.
Key features include:
Practical links between theory and practice
Includes law and policy relevant to looked-after children
Information on understanding statistics
Contains lots of practical activities
Key features include:
Practical links between theory and practice
Includes law and policy relevant to looked-after children
Information on understanding statistics
Contains lots of practical activities
More details
Series
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-5264-5158-3 (9781526451583)
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Additional editions
Christine Cocker | Lucille Allain
Social Work with Looked After Children
Book
05/2019
3rd Edition
Learning Matters Ltd
€148.90
Shipment within 15-20 days
Christine Cocker | Lucille Allain
Social Work with Looked After Children
Book
04/2019
3rd Edition
Learning Matters Ltd
€82.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Lucille Allain is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Middlesex University and a Programme Leader for the social work pre-qualifying programmes. She has 18 years of child and family social work experience in child protection, looked after children and disabled children. Her experience spans working as a social worker, manager and in commissioning and developing new services. Her current research focuses on social work practice and young people leaving care.
Content
Chapter 1: Policy and Statistics
Chapter 2: The Legal Framework
Chapter 3: Pathways and Placement Types
Chapter 4: Assessment, Care Planning and Contact
Chapter 5: Communication Skills: Participation, Children's Rights and Life Story Work
Chapter 6: Diversity and Equality
Chapter 7: Disabled Children
Chapter 8: Attachment, Adversity and Resilience
Chapter 9: Looked After Children and Mental Health
Chapter 10: Education of Looked After Children
CHapter 11: Health of Looked After Children
Chapter 12: Adoption and Permanence
Chapter 13: Leaving Care
Chapter 2: The Legal Framework
Chapter 3: Pathways and Placement Types
Chapter 4: Assessment, Care Planning and Contact
Chapter 5: Communication Skills: Participation, Children's Rights and Life Story Work
Chapter 6: Diversity and Equality
Chapter 7: Disabled Children
Chapter 8: Attachment, Adversity and Resilience
Chapter 9: Looked After Children and Mental Health
Chapter 10: Education of Looked After Children
CHapter 11: Health of Looked After Children
Chapter 12: Adoption and Permanence
Chapter 13: Leaving Care
