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Preparing to care : induction and practice development for residential social workers / Predencia Gabbidon and Barry Goldson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabbidon, Predencia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Institutional care--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Children.
- Child welfare workers--In-service training--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Child welfare workers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : National Children's Bureau, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This guide will help local authorities and other providers to develop comprehensive frameworks for staff training and practice development with integrated induction plans
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Background; Objectives of the manual; Using Preparing to Care; Completing the modules; Supervision and evaluation; references; Module 1; Introduction; 1.1 Staff, children/young people, organisation structure, and the home's statement of purpose and function; 1.2 Introduction to the legal framework; 1.3 Supervision; 1.4 Health and safety; 1.5 Personnel and welfare issues; 1.6 Discipline and grievance procedures; 1.7 Administration; Module 2; Introduction; 2.1 Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- 2.2 Dignity, privacy, confidentiality and safety2.3 Ethnicity, religion, culture and language; 2.4 Admissions and discharges; 2.5 Disciplinary and control measures; 2.6 Working in partnership with families; 2.7 Going out and coimng home; 2.8 Recording and report writing; 2.9 Care planning and reviews; 2.10 Health; 2.11 Education; 2.12 Comments, compliments and complaints; 2.13 Meetings; 2.14 Moving on; Module 3; Introduction; 3.1 Roles and responsibilities of child care professionals, agencies and the courts; Appendix 1: Residential child care - an introduction to the legal framework
- Appendix 2: Health issues
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-01269-3
- 9786613012692
- 1-905818-78-5
- OCLC:
- 778804134
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