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  • Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

    Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

    by Elaine Farmer • Eleanor Lutman

    Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to child welfare professionals, and are often resistant to change. This book addresses an urgent need to ensure that social care interventions provide better long term outcomes for neglected children across services. Based on a substanti... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2012
  • Kinship Care: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements

    Kinship Care: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements

    by Elaine Farmer • Sue Moyers

    Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents, for whatever reason, are unable to care for their children themselves. Yet there has been very little information about how well children do when placed with kin or how safe they are in these placements. This book compares for... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2008
  • Improving Child and Family Assessments: Turning Research into Practice

    Improving Child and Family Assessments: Turning Research into Practice

    by Danielle Turney • Elaine Farmer • Dendy Platt • Julie Selwyn

    The quality of the assessment of children in need has a significant impact on outcomes for the children concerned. Good assessment contributes to better outcomes, but poor assessment can have tragic consequences. Understanding what makes a good assessment is vital. This book brings together finding... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2012
  • Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Directions for Good Practice

    Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Directions for Good Practice

    by Cathy Humphreys • Nicky Stanley • Elaine Farmer • Kate Iwi • Lorraine Radford • Brian Littlechild

    How do you respond simultaneously to the needs of adults experiencing domestic violence and the specific needs of their children? Domestic Violence and Child Protection explores the challenges of working effectively in this complex field and offers positive models for practice. Leading practitioner... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2006
  • The Handbook of Therapeutic Care for Children: Evidence-Informed Approaches to Working with Traumatized Children and Adolescents in Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Care

    The Handbook of Therapeutic Care for Children: Evidence-Informed Approaches to Working with Traumatized Children and Adolescents in Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Care

    by Bruce D. Perry • Daniel Hughes • Allan N. Schore • Jonathan Baylin • Elaine Farmer • Kim Golding • Cathy A Malchiodi • Noel Macnamara • Meredith Kiraly • Kathomi Gatwiri • Martin H. Teicher • Orgilmaa Munkbaatar • Glenda Kickett • Shaun Chandran

    This innovative book brings together a wide range of therapeutic approaches, techniques and models to outline recent developments in the practice of supporting children in out-of-home care. It sheds light on the significance of schools, sports and peer relationships in the lives of traumatized child... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
  • Inside Kinship Care: Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

    Inside Kinship Care: Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

    by Tom Hawkins • Andrew Turnell • Elaine Farmer • James Gleeson • Geraldine Crehan • Graham Music • Susie Essex • Jeanne Ziminski • Sarah Meakings • Amy O'Donohoe • Bob Broad • Anna Gough • Sadie Young • Caroline Kuo • Paula Hayden • Marilyn Mchugh • John Simmonds • Nick Banks • Lucie Cluver • Don Operario • David Pitcher • Jackie Wyke • Erica Flegg

    Kinship care - the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends - is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers. This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explor... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • Social Work with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants: Theory and Skills for Practice

    Social Work with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants: Theory and Skills for Practice

    by Anna Turner • Marian Liebmann • Anna Gupta • Dan Tucker • Jude Boyles • Mark Doidge • Suryia Nayak • Colin Turbett • Lucy Mort • Rebecca Yeo • Natalia Farmer • Jen Ang • Katy Tolman • Hannah Berry • Rachael Bee • Jo Vincent • Elaine Ortiz • Annemarie Morsch • Joanne Vincett • Lynn King • Durani Rapozo • Ana Draper

    Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world. This reference book for social workers and service providers offers constructive ideas for practice within an inter-disciplinary framework. Each chapter speaks to a skill and knowledge area that is key to this ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
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