Social work and foster care /

Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Often difficult decisions have to be made and for students and practitioners alike, there is a vast array of legislation, law and social policy to understand. This book will help social workers and socia...

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Autor principal: Cosis-Brown, Helen
Format: Printed Book
Publicat: London Sage 2014
Col·lecció:Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice
Matèries:
Foster home care > Great Britain.
Foster children > Great Britain.
Foster children
Foster home care.
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260 |a London  |b Sage  |c 2014 
300 |a viii, 158 pages :  |b illustrations ; 
490 1 |a Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice 
500 |a A practical guide to social work with foster care. 
500 |a Introduction The Legal and Policy Framework for Foster Care Recommendations Arising from Inquiry Reports and Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) Assessment of Prospective Foster Carers Supervision and Support of Foster Carers Foster Carer Development and Training Foster Carers Reviews Fostering Panels Conclusion. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The legal and policy framework for foster care -- 3. Recommendations arising from inquiry reports and serious case reviews (SCRs) -- 4. Assessment of prospective foster carers -- 5. Supervision and support of foster carers -- 6. Foster carer development and training -- 7. Foster carers reviews -- 8. Fostering panels -- 9. Conclusion. 
520 |a Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Often difficult decisions have to be made and for students and practitioners alike, there is a vast array of legislation, law and social policy to understand. This book will help social workers and social work students get to grips with the complexity of foster care. The child is placed at the heart of the text and there are substantial chapters on law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice. 
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