Social Work with Young People in Care: Looking After Children in Theory and Practice [Hardcover]

This introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after (in care or accommodated) by statutory or voluntary agencies, is the only textbook on the subject which addresses this area of work across all four nations of the UK.

1.Introduction: themes and key principles.  2.The needs of children and young people who come into care.  3.Listening to children and young people.  4.Caring for young people from different backgrounds.  5.Law, policy and practice in looking after young people.  6.Assessment and planning.  7.Placement and contact.  8.Residential and foster care.  9.Adoption and working for permanence.  10.Leaving care and aftercare.  11.Conclusion: contemporary issues.

This introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after (in care or accommodated) by statutory or voluntary agencies is the only textbook on the subject which addresses this area of work across all four nations of the UK.

Providing a clear theoretical and ethical basis, it introduces and develops a set of core themes, reflective of contemporary developments including:
the influence of, and tensions between, dominant discourses that shape the social work service (relationship-based practice, early intervention and prevention, social innovation, evidence-based practice and outcomes);
the use and abuse of concepts of childrens needs and best interests;
ideas of parenting and parental responsibility, and the relationships between children, families, communities and the state;
the importance of recognising that children and young people have rights and considering their views;
trauma, trauma-informed practice, transitions and resilience.

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