Steven Walker

The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051224
• ISBN-10: 1849051224
• Artikelnr.: 29954037

Autorenporträt

Steve Walker is Professor of English at Brigham Young University, where he has taught The Bible as Literature for forty-seven years. He earned a PhD in literature at Harvard and studied at the Divinity School there. His twelve books include Christian Fantasy: Tolkien and Lewis (1980), Mourning with Those Who Mourn (1999), and Seven Ways of Looking at Susanna (1986).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Stephen Briggs, Tavistock Clinic, UK.
Introduction. Part 1. Social work assessment and intervention. 1. The role
of social work in CAMHS. 2. Child development and attachment. 3. Mental
health problems. Part 2. Applying the skills of social work. 4. Social work
skills and methods. 5. Multi-disciplinary and interprofessional working. 6.
Family and community support. Part 3. The context of social work with
children and young people. 7. The organisational and legal framework. 8.
Culture, ethnicity and diversity. 9. Understanding spirituality and
religion. Conclusions. References. Index.