Social work and foster care / Helen Cosis Brown.

By:

Cosis-Brown, H

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781446258927
1446258920
9781446258934
1446258939

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WS 798.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. The legal and policy framework for foster care -- 3. Recommendations arising from inquiry reports and serious case reviews (SCRs) -- 4. Assessment of prospective foster carers -- 5. Supervision and support of foster carers -- 6. Foster carer development and training -- 7. Foster carers reviews -- 8. Fostering panels -- 9. Conclusion.

Summary: Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Often difficult decisions have to be made and for students and practitioners alike, there is a vast array of legislation, law and social policy to understand. This book will help social workers and social work students get to grips with the complexity of foster care. The child is placed at the heart of the text and there are substantial chapters on law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WS 798 COS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021900

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Often difficult decisions have to be made and for students and practitioners alike, there is a vast array of legislation, law and social policy to understand. This book will help social workers and social work students get to grips with the complexity of foster care. The child is placed at the heart of the text and there are substantial chapters on law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice.

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