Adult Drug Problems, Children's Needs
Assessing the impact of parental drug use - a toolkit for practitioners
1st Edition
Published on 8. June 2007
138 pages
978-1-905818-94-5 (ISBN)
Description
This toolkit is designed to support practitioners in their work with families where parents misuse drugs and there are concerns about the children's welfare. While focusing on drugs, it covers a wider pattern of misuse, including alcohol.
It contains:
summaries of key messages for practitioners
tools and tips to support effective practice
training and development activities
a wide range of practice examples
The toolkit is written for the range of professionals involved with families including drug misusing parents.
It contains:
summaries of key messages for practitioners
tools and tips to support effective practice
training and development activities
a wide range of practice examples
The toolkit is written for the range of professionals involved with families including drug misusing parents.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-905818-94-5 (9781905818945)
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Di Hart | Jane Powell
Adult Drug Problems, Children's Needs
Assessing the impact of parental drug use - a toolkit for practitioners
Book
06/2007
National Children's Bureau Enterprises Ltd
€47.22
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Persons
Di Hart worked for many years as a child care social worker and manager before taking up a post at NCB developing practice with children in public care. She has a particular interest in children in secure settings. Recent work has included a review of the use of physical restraint in children's services, the development of a care-planning model for looked after children who go into custody and a project aiming to improve outcomes for the children of drug-misusing parents.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Purpose of the toolkit
- Background
- The Children of Drug Misusing Parents Project
- Project activities
- Key project findings
- Conclusion
- A model for meeting the needs of children affected by parental drug use
- Key Messages
- Recent research and policy
- Consequences for children
- What can be done to help?
- Current developments
- The voice of experience
- Parents' experiences
- A grandparent's perspective
- A letter from substitute carers
- Practice Tools
- Practice tip 1 Engagement and assessment
- Practice tip 2 A checklist for children's social work managers
- Practice tip 3 Thinking about care planning
- Practice tip 4 Considering a specialist assessment
- Practice tip 5 Suggestions for foster carers
- A model for assessment
- Features of the assessment model
- Using the model
- Applying the Assessment Framework
- Assessment Framework table
- Auditing social work practice
- RESOURCE case audit tool: child affected by parental drug misuse
- Reviewing multi-agency working
- RESOURCE children of drug misusing parents: reviewing multi-agency practice
- Training Exercises
- Introduction
- Sample menu 1 Half-day workshop for managers in children's social services
- Sample menu 2 One-day training course for social workers and social worksupervisors
- Sample menu 3 One-day training course for multi-agency practitioners andmanagers
- Sample menu 4 One-day (short) workshop for foster carers
- Activity 1 Drugs quiz
- Activity 2 Adult drug problems, children's needs: recent policy andresearch
- Activity 3 Life from a child's perspective
- Activity 4 Talking about drugs: an exercise in interviewing
- Activity 5 A model for assessment
- Activity 6 The assessment jigsaw
- Activity 7 Specialist assessment exer
- Activity 8 Barriers and solutions to effective practice
- Activity 9 Thresholds for concern
- Activity 10 Challenges for foster carers
- Activity 11 Contact issues
- Activity 12 Reflecting on practice
- Activity 13 Presentation on drug use in pregnancy
- Activity 14 Supervision
- Briefings
- Caring for the pregnant drug user
- Black and minority ethnic drug use
- Understanding drugs
- Drug treatment
- Care by family and friends - the legal framework
- Practice Examples
- A letter from a paediatrician to prospective adopters
- Sample core assessment
- The experiences of a parental substance misuse and child care social worker
- A multi-agency procedure
- Management of pregnant substance users
- Management of parental substance misuse
- Innovative practice
- Contacts And Sources of Further Information
- Policies, guidelines and useful tools
- Resources for direct work with children affected byparental drug use
- Essential reading
- References
