Social Work with Looked After Children

Name: Social Work with Looked After Children
SKU: 27597026
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Transforming Social Work Practice Series

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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

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

April 30th, 2019

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Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

3rd Revised edition

Pages

352

Series

Transforming Social Work Practice Series

ISBN-13

9781526424372

Product ID

27597026

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