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      Social Work with Looked After Children

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      This is a popular guide to a complex and demanding area of practice that looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker's role in working with them. There are chapters on communication and children's rights, life story work, attachme...

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      Description

      Product ID:9781526424372
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Transforming Social Work Practice Series
      Title:Social Work with Looked After Children
      Authors:Author: Christine Cocker, Lucille Allain
      Page Count:352
      Subjects:Child welfare and youth services, Child welfare, Social work, Social work, United Kingdom, Great Britain
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      This is a popular guide to a complex and demanding area of practice that looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker's role in working with them. There are chapters on communication and children's rights, life story work, attachment and culture, as well as ethnicity and faith.
      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

      Imprint Name:Learning Matters Ltd
      Publisher Name:Sage Publications Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-04-30

      Additional information

      Weight626 g
      Dimensions242 × 166 × 19 mm