Direct work with family groups : simple, fun ideas to aid engagement, assessment and enable positive change / Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tait, Audrey, 1970- author.

Wosu, Helen, 1945- author.

Series:

Direct Work with Vulnerable Families

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family social work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Direct Work with Family Groups is full of great ideas to aid engagement, assessment and enable positive change through direct work with family groups. Working with families can be a challenging experience. This book looks at the personal skills needed to engage families, both at home and in the community. It provides guidance on how to assess and manage the needs of individual family members, whilst also being mindful of potential risk factors. With easy to use activities and resources, this book will inspire you to think about creative new ways to plan and carry out your work. Based on tried

Contents:

Direct Work with FAMILY GROUPS: SIMPLE, FUN IDEAS TO AID ENGAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT AND ENABLE POSITIVE CHANGE; 1. Introduction; 2. The First Home Visit; 3. Keeping Yourself Safe; 4. What to Do If You Don't Get Access - The Client Refuses to Open the Door; 5. Once in the Door; 6. Working with Resistance, Challenging Behaviour and Aggression; 7. Using Praise; 8. Getting Started; 9. The Bag; 10. Activities to Support Engagement; I. Babies in Blankets; II. Talking Sticks; III. Compliment Cards; IV. Fruit Sculptures; V. Baking and Cooking

11. Activities to Aid Assessment and/or Help With 'Big Conversations'I. Dream Houses; II. Family Drawing; III. Activity Menu; IV. Our Street/Our Community; V. Bereavement Box; VI. Mrs Doubtfire; VII. My Twist on 'What's the Time, Mr Wolf?'; VIII. Maslow's Boxes; IX. Lemons and Lemonade; X. Rabbit Burrows; XI. Interviewing the Family Pet or Soft Toys; XII. Family Tree; XIII. Footprints; XIV. Contact Targets; XV. Loving Hearts; XVI. Memory Bank; XVII. The Detective and the Sniffer Dog; XVIII. Ripple Stones; 12. Simple Ideas to Increase Parent/Child Proximity and Positive Touch; 1. Family Hat

2. Family Den3. Make Your Own Bubbles; 4. Hand Cream and/or Nail Polish; 5. Positive Strokes; 13. Behaviour; 14. Storytelling; 15. Endings; Appendix I. Compliment Cards; Appendix II. Chocolate Biscuit Cake Recipe; Appendix III. Rabbit Templates; Fox Templates; Rabbit Burrow; Appendix IV. Child Management Chart; Appendix V. The Detective and the Sniffer Dog Template; Appendix VI. Endings; Appendix VII. Train Template for Endings; Blank Page; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857009869

0857009869