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Assessing children's needs and circumstances : the impact of the assessment framework / Hedy Cleaver and Steve Walker with Pamela Meadows ; foreword by Al Aynsley-Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleaver, Hedy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child care--Great Britain.
- Child care.
- Child welfare workers--Training of--Great Britain.
- Child welfare workers.
- Child welfare--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Child welfare.
- Children with social disabilities--Services for--Great Britain.
- Children with social disabilities.
- Family social work--Great Britain.
- Family social work.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on interviews with social workers and their managers, and families and young people themselves, the authors of this important book show how the principles embodied in the Assessment Framework have been applied to social work practice. This book should be read by all professionals working to promote the welfare and well-being of children.
- Contents:
- COVER; Assessing Children's Needs and Circumstances:The Impact of the Assessment Framework; Contents; Foreword; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1.Introducing the Study; 2.Implementation; 3.Involving Families in the Assessment Process; 4.The Experiences of Social Service Managers and Practitioners; 5.Inter-agency and Inter-professional Collaboration in Assessments of Children in Need; 6.Referrals:Findings from the Audit; 7.Initial Assessments:Findings from the Audit; 8.Core Assessments:Findings from the Audit; 9.The Cost of Undertaking Core Assessments; 10.Conclusions and Implications for Policy and Practice
- Appendix I Aims and Methods Appendix II Tables; Appendix III Time-sheet for social workers to record time spent in undertaking a core assessment; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-324) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-90373-3
- 1-84642-163-2
- OCLC:
- 70773665
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