Dilemmas and Decision Making in Residential Childcare

A collection of (fictitious) stories told from the residential child care worker role to help demonstrate how they work with dilemmas, weigh up options and make decisions in the moment.

List of contents

Introduction; Communicating micro skills - self-reflection Mark Zanita, Millie Stewart, Peter Bohemia, Josh Sorrell, Hakim Poppy; A Thing called Love; The Earned Wisdom of Children; End Note;s Residential Childcare; Theory Interventions.

About the author

Abbi Jackson has worked in children's services for around 25 years. She has been a foster carer and has worked in secure care and children's residential care. She spent time as a social worker in a statutory childcare team, an independent Form F assessor and a supervising social worker. She has led large scale practice audits in children's services and more recently in adult protection. Currently she is a senior planning officer for adult social work and integrated services in a local authority area and is an independent panel member for a private fostering company.
Abbi is also an active practice educator and lectures in critical social work practice. She has an interest in early intervention with young people who experience emerging mental health concerns. Never a dull moment, she is currently undertaking a piece of action research with young people receiving alternative therapies. She is a beekeeper in her spare time.

Product details

• Authors: Abbi Jackson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781915080806
• ISBN: 978-1-915080-80-6
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Dilemmas and Decision Making
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Family & health, Child care & upbringing, Social Work, Family and health, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents