Working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children : issues for policy and practice / [edited by] Ravi K.S. Kohli and Fiona Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohli, Ravi.

Mitchell, Fiona, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with immigrants--Great Britain.

Social work with immigrants.

Refugee children--Services for--Great Britain.

Refugee children.

Social work with children--Great Britain.

Social work with children.

Refugee children--Services for.

Great Britain.

Social work with youth--Great Britain.

Social work with youth.

Physical Description:

xviii, 160 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This text explores the challenges and possibilities involved in working with asylum seeking children and young people. Drawing on personal accounts and other narratives of forced migration, the authors encourage readers to recognise the depth and complexity of this work, as well as the potential that it can uncover. This book tells the whole story of practice, set in political and social context. In particular it considers: how current UK policy and legal frameworks can work best for children experiencing forced migration, resettlement as a political, legal and personal goal, a range of effective interventions, including group work, kinship care, foster care and the use of interpreters. With a strong emphasis upon recognising - and optimising - the capability of workers, helpers and the asylum seekers themselves, this text is invaluable reading for all those committed to improving the experiences of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Contents:

1 Telling the Stories of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children / John Simmonds 1

2 The Legal and Policy Frameworks that Govern Social Work with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children in England / Judith Dennis 16

3 Practitioner Stories / Ravi K. S. Kohli 32

4 Assessment Practice with Unaccompanied Children: Exploring Exceptions to the Problem / Fiona Mitchell 48

5 Therapeutic Encounters between Young People, Bilingual Co-workers and Practitioners / Hitesh Raval 61

6 Groupwork with Unaccompanied Young Women / Grace Heaphy, Kimberly Ehntholt, Irene Sclare 77

7 Friends and Family Care of Unaccompanied Children: Recognising the Possible and the Potential / Maura Kearney 95

8 Using Foster Placements for the Care and Resettlement of Unaccompanied Children / Rachel Hek 109

9 Leaving 'Care'? Transition Planning and Support for Unaccompanied Young People / Jo Dixon, Jim Wade 125

10 Looking Back, Looking Forward / Selam Kidane 141

Conclusion: Dwelling in Possibility / Ravi K. S. Kohli, Fiona Mitchell 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403997543

9781403997548

1403997551

9781403997555

OCLC:

182662671

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