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Understanding children's social care : politics, policy and practice / Nick Frost and Nigel Parton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frost, Nick, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work with children--Great Britain.
- Social work with children.
- Social work with children--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Children--Services for--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 2009.
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of children's social care in England following the introduction of Every Child Matters and the 2007 Children's Plan.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I - From Children's Departments to Departments of Children's Services; 1 Local Authority Children's Services in the Post-war Period; 2 New Labour, Social Exclusion and Children; 3 Every Child Matters: Change for Children; Part II - Different Service Areas; 4 Safeguarding, Child Protection and Children in Need; 5 Youth Offending: Early Intervention, Prevention and Tough Enforcement; 6 Children and the Care System: Reforming Corporate Parenting; 7 Sure Start and Children's Centres: A Jewel in New Labour's Crown?
- 8 Working with Children and Young People with Complex Needs9 A Challenge to Social Care Practice: Working with Unaccompanied Asylumseeking Children and Young People; Part III - Current Issues and Future Prospects; 10 The Current State of Children's Social Care in England; 11 Being a Social Worker in an Integrated World: Social Care Work with Children and a Positive Future of Social Work; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613288592
- 9781446246436
- 1446246434
- 9781446279489
- 1446279480
- 9781283288590
- 1283288591
- 9781446206188
- 1446206181
- OCLC:
- 764572836
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