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Understanding child and family welfare : statutory responses to children at risk Marie Connolly and Kate Morris

By: Connolly, Marie.
Contributor(s): Morris, Kate.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: xii, 183 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230250192 (pbk.); 023025019X (pbk.).Subject(s): CHILD PROTECTION | CHILD WELFARE | CHILDREN | FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES | FAMILIES | FOSTER CARE | INTERVENTION | KINSHIP CARE | SOCIAL SERVICES | SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE | YOUNG PEOPLE | | | DDC classification: 362.7 CON Online resources: Cover image
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Responding to Children at Risk -- Regulatory Frameworks in Child Welfare -- Practice Frameworks, Models and Resources in Child Welfare -- Family Engagement Strategies in Child Welfare -- Statutory Systems of Care -- Supporting Family-based Systems of Care -- The Experiences and Voices of Children in Care -- Strengthening Practice -- Concluding Thoughts -- References.
Summary: "This book crosses international boundaries to explore contemporary child and family welfare practices. It traces the major changes and challenges in Western practice over the past decade, looks at evidence-informed practice, and focuses on the generic phases of the statutory process, including assessing risk and finding safe solutions" (Provided by publisher). Record #5504
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Responding to Children at Risk -- Regulatory Frameworks in Child Welfare -- Practice Frameworks, Models and Resources in Child Welfare -- Family Engagement Strategies in Child Welfare -- Statutory Systems of Care -- Supporting Family-based Systems of Care -- The Experiences and Voices of Children in Care -- Strengthening Practice -- Concluding Thoughts -- References.

"This book crosses international boundaries to explore contemporary child and family welfare practices. It traces the major changes and challenges in Western practice over the past decade, looks at evidence-informed practice, and focuses on the generic phases of the statutory process, including assessing risk and finding safe solutions" (Provided by publisher). Record #5504