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Recent Serious Case Reviews into child deaths have concluded that social workers attention is drawn away from the child by demands placed on them by the adults, organisational structures and systems. This book repositions social work thinking and practice by placing the child's lived experience at the centre of its illustrative examples and cases.
List of contents
1. Keeping the Child in Mind: Who is the child.- 2. A child-centred model.- 3. A child living in fear and witnessing violence: Stephen's Story: Life with a violent mother.- 4. The child's voice in sexual abuse. Katy's story: Learning to scream.- 5. A child living with parents who abuse illegal drugs: Connie's story: My dad didn't mean to kill my mum.- 6. Accumulative Risks: Parental Capacity: Darren's story: I'm the 'man' of the house but I am frightened and cannot look after my mum and sister.- 7. Women and Neglect: Christopher's story: My mother doesn't want me.- 8. Known to all the Agencies: Kevin, Jenny, Darren and Sarah's story: Mum and Derek said social workers would take us away to a scary place.- 9. Father's who Count: Seeing Men as Protective Parents: Brandon's story.- 10. Repositioning(s) - The Child and Social Work at the centre of Social Work Practice.
About the author
Sue Kennedy is Principal Lecturer in Social Work and Teaching Fellow at the University of Northampton, UK.
Summary
Recent Serious Case Reviews into child deaths have concluded that social workers attention is drawn away from the child by demands placed on them by the adults, organisational structures and systems. This book repositions social work thinking and practice by placing the child's lived experience at the centre of its illustrative examples and cases.
