Residential child care : collaborative practice / Ian Milligan and Irene Stevens.
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TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, [2006]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second EditionDescription: 154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781412908511; 1412908515Subject(s): Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain | Social work with children -- Great BritainLOC classification: HV866.G7 | M55 2006Summary: Residential Child Care: Collaborative Practice is an innovative book which addresses the specific context of modern residential child care while promoting collaborative practice within a wider social work setting. The book analyzes the collaborative role of organizations, field workers, parents, teachers, and children, and stresses how these interprofessional relationships are crucial to ensuring children′s wellbeing. Comprehensive and accessible, the book includes learning outcomes, activities, and case studies to help aid students′ understanding. The book successfully balances its theoretical context with a focus on practice, making it an invaluable resource for students and practitioners. It will be useful for social work and social care students, trainee residential workers, and professionals who have an interest in working with looked after children.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | HV866.G7 M55 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0006105C |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index (pages 152-154).
Residential Child Care: Collaborative Practice is an innovative book which addresses the specific context of modern residential child care while promoting collaborative practice within a wider social work setting. The book analyzes the collaborative role of organizations, field workers, parents, teachers, and children, and stresses how these interprofessional relationships are crucial to ensuring children′s wellbeing. Comprehensive and accessible, the book includes learning outcomes, activities, and case studies to help aid students′ understanding. The book successfully balances its theoretical context with a focus on practice, making it an invaluable resource for students and practitioners. It will be useful for social work and social care students, trainee residential workers, and professionals who have an interest in working with looked after children.