Child welfare policy and practice : issues and lessons emerging from current research / edited by Dorota Iwaniec and Malcolm Hill.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.
Description
304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status
ReCAP - Remote StorageHV751.A6 C586 2000x Browse related items Request

    Details

    Subject(s)
    Related name
    Summary note
    Child Welfare Policy and Practice focuses on the development of children's service plans, implementing recent child care legislation, the use of live video in children's courts and the transition of disabled children into adulthood.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-269) and indexes.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Issues Emerging from Child Care Research: Post-implementation of the Children Act 1989 / Dorota Iwaniec
    • The Legal and Policy Context for Children's Services in Scotland and Northern Ireland / Angus Skinner, Kevin McCoy
    • Services for Children in the Community
    • Communication, Co-operation or Collaboration? The Involvement of Voluntary Organisations in the First Scottish Children's Services Plans / Kay Tisdall, Bernadette Monaghan, Malcolm Hill
    • Operationalising the Definition of Children in Need from UK Child Care Legislation / Patrick McCrystal
    • Needs-based Planning for Family and Child Care Services in Northern Ireland: Problems and Possibilities / Andrew Percy
    • Understanding and Developing Family Support in Northern Ireland: The Challenge to Policy, Practice and Research / Kathryn Higgins
    • Making Progress? The Transition to Adulthood for Disabled Young People in Northern Ireland / Marina Monteith
    • Looked-after Children
    • The Looking After Children Records System: An Evaluation of the Scottish Pilot / Suzanne Wheelaghan, Malcolm Hill
    • Educating Accommodated Children / Moira Borland
    • Confusion and Perceptions: Social Work Conceptions Regarding Black Children in Scotland / Satnam Singh, Vijay K.P. Patel, Patricia Falconer
    • Child Protection
    • From Childhood to Adulthood: The Outcomes of a Twenty-year Follow-up of Children who Failed to Thrive / Dorota Iwaniec.
    ISBN
    1853028126 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    ^^^99041627^
    OCLC
    42021472
    RCP
    H - S
    Statement on language in description
    Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...