Social Work with Looked After Children [Paperback]

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

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 book is very well written and is informative. It provides a good overview for social work students on looked after childrenVery specific to LAC (as the title suggests!) I was just looking for something a little more broad. Useful when exploring strategies and methods for LAC and the process behind this though.Wide-ranging coverage of an important area covered in an accessible wayA very accessible text, suitable for social work students preparing for and during practice placements. A particularly useful chapter focusing upon work with children with disabilities.this is One of the best little books I have read in relation to looked after children - clear detail going through all the different stages appropriate. Brilliant social work students and lecturers as well as professionals.Chapter 1: Policy and Statistics