Matthew Colton, Robert Sanders, Margaret Williams

An Introduction to Working with Children (eBook, PDF)

A Guide for Social Workers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive introduction to social work with children that integrates theoretical debates with a full and sensitive exploration of practice concerns. It systematically examines all the common and pressing issues in child welfare and considers the implications of recent research, legislation and policy shifts for current and future practice. Balanced, wide-ranging and highly readable, with plenty of case study examples and other practice elements to foster reflection and understanding, it provides a sound knowledge base in the child welfare field and lays an excellent foundation for further skill development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349912742
• Artikelnr.: 54795177

Autorenporträt

MATTHEW COLTON is Reader in Applied Social Studies and Head of Applied Social Studies at University of Wales, Swansea.

ROBERT SANDERS is Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at University of Wales, Swansea.

MARGARET WILLIAMS is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Calgory, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

The Origins and Contexts of Contemporary Child Welfare
Child Development Theory
Skills in Working with Children and Families
Prevention and Family Support
Protecting Children
Looking After Children
Anti-Discriminatory and Anti-Oppressive Practice in Working with Children
and Families
Final Thoughts.