Strengths-based child protection : firm, fair, and friendly / Carolyn Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, Carolyn, 1970- author.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with children--Canada.

Social work with children.

Child welfare--Canada.

Child welfare.

Canada.

Physical Description:

249 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Strengths-based, solution-focused practice is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary child protection work. The demand for this protection practice has increased faster than the availability of training resources to help students and practitioners, until now. Strengths-Based Child Protection is the first textbook solely dedicated to furthering strengths-based practices in a child protection setting. Carolyn Oliver provides an original, accessible, and practical research-based model that focuses on the key to success in this field: the worker-client relationship. Oliver's long and varied front line experience in child welfare and research based on surveys and interviews with 225 child protection workers provides grounding in the realities of child protection work. Strengths-Based Child Protection contains a rich combination of case studies, reflective questions, and exercises that enable students and practitioners to conceptualize and master implementing strengths-based practices with children."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1 Setting the Scene 11

1 Child Protection Practice 13

2 Strengths-Based Practice 24

3 Strengths-Based Child Protection Practice 34

4 Hearing from the Front Lines 48

Section 1 Summary 56

Section 2 Choosing Not to Use Strengths-Based Practice 59

5 The Question of Applicability 61

6 Relating Therapeutically 68

7 Supporting Client Self-Determination 79

8 Connecting to Internal and External Resources 88

9 Pursuing a Balanced Understanding 98

Section 2 Summary 107

Section 3 Firm, Fair, and Friendly Practice 109

10 Inviting Maximum Collaboration and Using Strengths 113

11 Using Authority Purposefully 121

12 Being Transparent 128

13 Attending to the Interaction 136

14 Judging Impartially 142

15 Seeing Clients as Human 150

Section 3 Summary 158

Section 4 Becoming a Strengths-Based Child Protection Practitioner 161

16 Identifying as a Strengths-Based Child Protection Practitioner 163

17 Educating the Strengths-Based Child Protection Practitioner 172

18 Supporting the Strengths-Based Child Protection Practitioner 183

Section 4 Summary: Looking Back, Out, and Forward 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781487501143

1487501145

9781487521233

1487521235

OCLC:

960295260