Working with Children, Young People and Families: A course book for Foundation Degrees [Paperback]

This book is essential reading for anyone studying and working in the new integrated children's services. The Children's Workforce Development Strategy sets out the basic skills and knowledge needed by people whose work brings them into regular contact with children, young people and their families. Built around this Common Core of Skills and Knowledge and packed with case studies and reflective exercises, this book helps students and practitioners understand the theory behind these issues and develop strategies for embedding them within their own practice.A text book for students on foundation degrees which are structured around the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children's Workforce.The book is very informative and assists students to link theory with practice and reflect upon their practice in the work place.Well written and easy to understand. Activities are useful. A good supplement book to help students with module.very useful and accessibly written with helpful exercises that students enjoyed.This is a difficult time for texts that are so related to policy which is continually changing.
However the chapters on safeguarding and multi-agency working will be useful as preparation for practice.A good general overview that will be particularly helpful for students studying early years and other areas of work with children and families. A very good coverage of the necessary foundation knolwedge, accessibly written with good signposting to other sources.Well written, clear and user-friendly.adopted as the key reader for the foundation degree in child and family welfare. An accessible book, clear and well writtenProvides a useful extension to the work-based knowledge of Early Years Foundation Degree students. Good level of detail and background disciplinary material.Didn't match with the aims of my module enough to be adopted, but I do think it is a very good text.Good, clear writing addressing all the major issues.An excellent book, which wlÃ4