Rethinking residential child care : positive perspectives /

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The book provides a broad and critical look at policy and practice in residential child care and the ideas that have shaped the development of the sector.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy, 2009.
Subjects:
Children > Institutional care.
Social work with children.
Service social aux enfants.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Children > Institutional care
Social work with children
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The context of care
  • History
  • Inquiries and their impact
  • Trends and policy directions
  • Theorising residential child care
  • The residential environment
  • Assessment, care planning and programming
  • Working at the boundaries : the personal-professional relationship
  • Residential child care in a continuum of care
  • Other traditions of practice
  • Conclusion : rethinking residential care.

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