Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jim Goddard

Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This important text will provide a critical analysis of contemporary developments in child care policy under New Labour and the resulting policy and practice implications. The authors will draw on sociological debates, the growing children's rights literature and wider developments within social policy in order to provide a thorough and balanced guide to contemporary developments in this rapidly changing field. Ideologies behind recent initiatives in a wide range of practice areas are explored, and the implementation of key developments are appraised. This will be primary reading for all students specializing in work with children and their families.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350318151
• Artikelnr.: 62751188

Autorenporträt

Barbara Fawcett is Professor of Social Work (Adults and Communities), Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Care and Director of International Strategic partnerships in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Thinking About Children Today
Family Policy
Child Abuse and Welfare
Looked After Children
Youth Justice
Disabled Children and Young People
Children, Young People and Mental Health
Children as Carers
Conclusion.