Overview
Examines both the principles and the practice of social work with children
Extensive use of case material to consolidate theory
Written by an experienced team of academics from one of the leading social work departments in the country
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Context of Social Work with Children
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Front Matter
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Working with Children in Practice
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Back Matter
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About this book
How can social workers enable vulnerable children to have a voice in the complex systems designed to protect them and promote their welfare? How can children be helped to make sense of complicated and disrupted lives? This core text addresses these and other challenging questions, setting out the principles and practice of social work with children and demonstrating the diversity of the work through carefully chosen case material. It will be essential reading for all social workers in training and practice involved with children.
About the authors
MARIAN BRANDON is Lecturer in Social Work and Director of Post Qualifying Studies at the University of East Anglia.
GILLIAN SCHOFIELD is Lecturer in Social Work and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia.
LIZ TRINDER is Lecturer in Social Work Research at the University of East Anglia.
GILLIAN SCHOFIELD is Lecturer in Social Work and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia.
LIZ TRINDER is Lecturer in Social Work Research at the University of East Anglia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Work with Children
Authors: Marian Brandon, Gillian Schofield, Liz Trinder, Nigel Stone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14043-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 222
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Child Well-being