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A great many changes are taking place in relation to social work with children and families in Britain. This accessible text charts some of the key developments that have taken place and subjects them to critical examination. Topics include: the new institutional framework for social work; the new "tools" of social work practice, in particular the LAC system; the framework for the assessment of children in need; the police/social work and health/social work partnerships; approaches to race and ethnicity; the implications of New Labour's adoption review and the new role of "personal advisor".Amidst a flurry of government initiatives, this book provides readers with an opportunity to take a step back and form a reflective overview of how work with children and families is being remade.
| ISBN | 0415298393 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780415298391
(What's this?) | | Pages | 208 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Weight (grammes) | 340 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 07 Aug 2003 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Non-book description | book | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | HV751.A6 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 361.32 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | List of abbreviations | | | | 1 | | Introduction: thinking critically about social work with children and families in the early twenty-first century | | 1 | | Pt. I | | Major departures? Social work with children and families, 1990-1997 | | 15 | | 2 | | The 'blueprint' for change: the 'Looking after Children' system | | 19 | | 3 | | Examining the 'product champions': LAC and its continuing role in the remaking of social work with children and families | | 38 | | 4 | | 'Working together' to protect children? | | 51 | | Pt. II | | Things can only get better? New Labour and social work with children and families | | 69 | | 5 | | Social work and the Third Way: the Assessment Framework, New Labour and more new 'tools' for social work with children and families | | 75 | | 6 | | An 'eye-catching initiative': New Labour and child adoption | | 93 | | 7 | | Viewing the world through a monochrome lens: social work with children and families and the dominant approach to 'race' and ethnicity | | 110 | | 8 | | Social work with children and families in a world of 'emergent new professionals' | | 124 | | 9 | | Conclusion | | 139 | | | | Notes | | 149 | | | | Bibliography | | 156 | | | | Index | | 191 |
A book for those who want to understand the immediate past, in the hope that it might enlighten the future for children - Chris Hanvey, UK Director of Operations, Barnardos in Community Care magazine This is an excellent text for opening discourse between academics and researchers on data-gathering methods, which will truly assist social workers in their day-to-day work with clients, while simultaneously providing accountability. The text also facilitates teaching critical thinking to students - The British Journal of Social Work The account is a passionate and thorough one this makes a real contribution to critical writing on statutory social work in the UK, or more specifically, on social work with children and families in England and Wales. Garrett builds his analysis from the basis of current social work methods and, and in doing so, opens a window on the discourses which underpin social work practice today - European Journal of Social Work
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