Political Science : Social Services & Welfare

This book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the facts about the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence and their effect on children, and examines the response of children's services when there are concerns about the safety and welfare of children. It reveals the vulnerability of these children and the extent to which domestic violence, parental alcohol or parental drug misuse impact on children's health and development, affect the adults' capacity to undertake key parenting tasks, and influence the response of wider family and the community. It includes parents' own voices and allows them to explain what help they feel would best support families in similar situations. The authors explore the extent to which current local authority plans, procedures, joint protocols and training support information sharing and collaborative working. Emphasising the importance of an holistic inter-agency approach to assessment, planning and service provision, the authors draw from the findings implications for policy and practice in both children and adult services. This book is essential reading for all professionals working to promote the welfare and wellbeing of children and those working with vulnerable adults, many of whom are parents. more...

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This collection of twelve essays represents an important contribution to the understanding of child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They challenge many assumptions about the history of childhood and child welfare policy and cover a variety of themes including the physical and sexual abuse of children, forced child migration and role of the welfare state. more...

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1. Child Welfare Supervision: An Overview, Cathryn Potter. 2. Models of Social Work Supervision, Charmaine R. Brittain. 3. Supervisors as Leaders: A Critical Dimension for Organizational Success, Gary R. Anderson. 4. Management Essentials for Child Welfare Supervisors, Jean East & Michele D. Hanna. 5. The Child Welfare Unit, Michele D. Hanna. 6. Maximizing the Middle Management Role in Child Welfare, Becky Antle, Anita Barbee, & Michiel Adriaan Van Zyl. 7. The World Beyond the Unit, Katharine Cahn. 8. Working in Changing Environments, Katharine Cahn & David Berns. 9. Beyond the Question of Color: Diversity Issues in Child Welfare Supervision, Debora M. Ortega & Debra A. Mixon Mitchel. 10. Getting and Keeping the Best People, Nancy Dickinson & Anne Comstock. 11. Developing Worker Competence, Charmaine Brittain & Cathryn Potter. 12. Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare, Sarah Ferguson. 13. Managing Performance, Megan E. Paul, Michelle I. Graef, Erika J. Robinson, & Kristin I. Saathoff. Index more...

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Helping traumatized children develop a narrative about their life and the lives of people closest to them, is key to their understanding and acceptance of who they are and their past experiences. The Child's Own Story is an introduction to life story work and how this effective tool can be used to help children and young people recover from abuse and make sense of a disrupted upbringing in multiple homes or families. Explaining the concepts of attachment, separation, loss and identity, the authors use these as a context to describe how to use techniques such as family trees, wallpaper work, eco- and geno-scaling. They offer guidance on interviewing relatives and carers, and how to gain access to key documentation, including social workers' case files, legal papers, and health, registrar and police records. This sensitive, practice-focused guide to life story work is an invaluable resource for social workers, child psychotherapists, residential care staff, long-term foster carers and other professionals working with traumatized children. more...

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Grounded in the latest clinical and developmental knowledge, this book brings together leading authorities to examine the critical issues that arise when children and adolescents become involved in the justice system. Chapters explore young people’s capacities, competencies, and special vulnerabilities as victims, witnesses, and defendants. Key topics include the reliability of children’s abuse disclosures, eyewitness testimony, interviews, and confessions; the evolving role of the expert witness; the psychological impact of trauma and of legal involvement; factors that shape jurors’ perceptions of children; and what works in rehabilitating juvenile offenders. Policies and practices that are not supported by science are identified, and approaches to improving them are discussed. more...

Price: $45.00