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Developing good practice in children's services / [edited by] Vicky White and John Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--Great Britain.
- Child welfare.
- Children--Services for--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Social work with children--Great Britain.
- Social work with children.
- Physical Description:
- 208 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : J. Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vicky White and John Harris have drawn together the contributors' experiences of working with children in a broad range of settings, emphasising ways in which the current context of change can be used as an opportunity to enhance the quality of service provision and achieve better outcomes for children and their families.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Developing Good Practice in Children's Services
- Contents
- 1 Changing Children's Services
- 2 Strategic Development: Managing the Vision
- 3 Analysing Risk in Child Protection: A Model for Assessment
- 4 Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
- 5 Children and Young People with Sexual Behaviour Difficulties: A Practice Framework for Holistic Interventions
- 6 Working in a Multi-agency Context: Children's Services Development Groups
- 7 Taking Care: Helping Children Learn to Keep Themselves Safer
- 8 Recognising and Celebrating Children's Cultural Heritage
- 9 Family Placements: Matching Needs and Services
- 10 Developing an NVQ Assessment Centre for Foster Care
- 11 Change…and More Change
- APPENDIX 1: THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT (EFQM) EXCELLENCE MODEL
- APPENDIX 2: ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF 248 REFERRALS TO SIBS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REPORTED TO HAVE INITIATED INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DURING THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD 1997 TO 2001
- APPENDIX 3: THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STRATFORD CHILDREN'S SERVICES DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
- APPENDIX 4: OUTCOME OF SURVEY ASSESSING WHAT CONSTITUENT MEMBERS OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIP TEAMS FELT ABOUT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
- REFERENCES
- THE CONTRIBUTORS
- SUBJECT INDEX
- AUTHOR INDEX.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610303113
- 9781280303111
- 1280303115
- 9781423710288
- 1423710282
- 9781846420788
- 1846420784
- OCLC:
- 567971022
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