Re-imagining child protection : towards humane social work with families / Brid Featherston, Sue White and Kate Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Featherstone, Brid.

Contributor:

Morris, Kate, 1962 June 18-

White, Susan, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Family social work.

Physical Description:

iv, 184 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.

Summary:

Why has the language of the child and of child protection become so hegemonic? What is lost and gained by such language? Who is being protected, and from what, in a risk society? Given that the focus is overwhelmingly on those families that are multiply deprived, do services reinforce or ameliorate such deprivations? And is it ethical to remove children from their parents in a society riven by inequalities? This timely book challenges a child protection culture that has become mired in muscular authoritarianism towards multiply-deprived families. It calls for family-minded humane practice whereby children are understood as relational beings, parents are recognised as people with needs and hopes and families are understood as carrying extraordinary capacities for care and protection. This important book will be required reading for students on post-qualifying courses in child protection, social workers, managers, academics and policy makers. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Re-imagining child protection in the context of re-imagining welfare 19

3 We need to talk about ethics 37

4 Developing research mindedness in learning cultures 53

5 Towards a just culture: designing humane social work organisations 75

6 Getting on and getting by: living with poverty 95

7 Thinking afresh about relationships: men, women, parents and services 113

8 Tainted love: how dangerous families became troubled 131

9 Conclusions 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.

ISBN:

9781447308010

1447308018

OCLC:

859584017