Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice, 1st Edition
Theory and Practice
$65.87
- Paperback
210 pages
- Release Date
22 March 2018
Summary
With an emphasis on professional expectations, values and practice skills such as building trust, listening and advocacy, this textbook helps enable social workers base their practice with children and young people on a truly child-centred model. Drawing on contemporary knowledge about childhood and children’s rights, it provides a critical understanding of the theoretical and legal basis for child-centred practice, and examines the dilemmas faced by professionals in maintaining their focu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781137606419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 113760641X |
| Author: | Vivienne Barnes |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 210 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 22 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
I would recommend this book to all social workers and other professionals who undertake assessments and work with children and families as it gives a clear message children and young people should be centre of all assessments and work with families … This makes this book very relevant to current social work practice with children and families. * Rukhsana Farooqi, Journal of Social Work Practice *
About The Author
Vivienne Barnes
Dr Vivienne Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work at Kingston University and has extensive experience of working with children and young people as a social worker and latterly as a children’s advocate. She has a particular interest in children’s rights and has conducted doctoral research on social work and advocacy with children and young people in the care system.
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