Valuing the Field - Child Welfare in an International Context

List of contents

PART I: LISTENING TO MESSAGES FROM THE FIRST LINE 1 Child Welfare on the Eve of the Twenty First Century: What we have Learned 2 The Changing Face of Child Welfare: Perspectives from the Field 3 Efforts at Empowering Youth: Youth-in-Care and the Youth-in-Care Networks in Ontario and Canada PART II: BUILDING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS 4 The Focus on Family when Children are at Risk: Swedish Policy in Practice 5 The Wraparound Process: Strength-Based Practice 6 From Case and Client to Citizen: An Innovation in Child Welfare Practice PART III: CHILDREN ON THE MOVE 7 Unaccompanied and Asylum-Seeking Children Encounter Sweden 8 Offering Relief to Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers in Holland PART IV: VALUING DIVERSITY IN CHILD WELFARE COMMUNITIES 11 Tackling Racism in Everyday Realities: A Task for Social Workers A First Nations Experience in First Nations Child Welfare Services It Takes a Village: Building Networks of Support for African Nova Scotian Families and Children PART V: VALUING THE FIELD IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION 12 Developing Partnerships in Social Work Education in Britain PART VI: CONCLUSION 13 Valuing the Field: Lessons from Innovation

About the author

Callahan, Marilyn; Hessle, Sven; Strega, Susan

Summary

This title was first published in 2000:  This text provides international perspectives on examples of best practice in child welfare and proposes organizational structures and policies to support this practice. Practice innovations span the range of child welfare services, including prevention, protection and out-of-family care.

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn Hessle Callahan
• Assisted by: Marilyn Callahan (Editor), Callahan Marilyn (Editor), Sven Hessle (Editor), Hessle Sven (Editor), Susan Strega (Editor), Strega Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138724532
• ISBN: 978-1-138-72453-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Child welfare, Society and culture: general, Child welfare and youth services, international context;out-of-family care;Child Welfare