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• Introduction
• part I Social Work and the Provision of Family Support
• Introduction
• 1 Family support: policies for practice
• Understanding the meaning of ‘family’
• The changing policy context for family support
• The policy discourses: how families are understood
• Models and approaches
• New challenges and opportunities
• Conclusions
• Further reading
• References
• 2 The legal foundations of family support work
• What are the local authority duties for family support services?
• Respect for private and family life and nondiscriminatory service provision
• The range of family support services: duties and powers
• The service of accommodation for children and young people
• Services for disabled children and their family
• Supports for a family member taking responsibility for children under private law court orders
• Family support services: what next?
• Further reading
• References
• 3 The theoretical foundations of family support work
• Theories of the family
• Family support: the research base
• Family support: the theory base
• Theories of family support
• Theorizing the matrix
• Underpinning family support with reflective practice
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 4 What research findings tell social workers about family support
• Evaluating the evidence
• Approaches to family support
• Supporting families facing particular issues
• Cross-cutting themes
• And finally
• Further reading
• References
• 5 Family support work in practice
• Practice example 1
• Practice example 2
• Practice example 3
• Practice example 4
• Discussion
• Further reading
• part II Social Work and Child Protection
• Introduction
• 6 Social policy and child protection: using the heart and the head
• Historical development of child protection policy
• The status quo
• The place of evidence
• A paradigm shift
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 7 Legal perspectives on social work in child protection
• Child protection legislation and its administration prior to the Children Act 1989
• The Children Act 1989
• The Munro Review of Child Protection
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 8 The place that theory plays in child protection work
• What are theories and what place do they occupy in child protection work?
• Towards a model of theories in child protection
• What theories are used in child protection practice and how?
• Three examples of the use of theory in practice
• The importance of worker characteristics and approach
• Conclusions on the use of theory in child protection
• Further reading
• References
• 9 The challenging nature of research in child protection
• Prevalence: how many people experience child maltreatment?
• The effects of abuse
• Risk factors for abuse
• Prevention programmes
• Treatment programmes for the victims of maltreatment
• Challenges for practitioners in using the evidence base
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 10 Child protection social work in practice
• Practice example 1
• Practice example 2
• Practice example 3
• Practice example 4
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• part III Social Work in the Field of Adoption and Fostering
• Introduction
• 11 Adoption: from the preservation of the moral order to the needs of the child
• Trends in adoption over a generation
• The current perspective on adoption
• The emergence of the birth family
• The battleground is redrawn
• The modernization of the adoption agenda
• The impact of the adoption reform programme
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 12 Legal perspectives on social work in adoption and fostering
• Development of the regulation of fostering and adoption
• The regulation of foster care: 1900 to the present day
• The regulation of adoption: 1926 to the present day
• The spectrum of legal provision for the placement of children
• Fostering and adoption: is the legal framework in need of reform?
• Further reading
• References
• 13 Two theoretical fields relevant to social work practice in adoption and fostering
• Attachment theory
• The social construction of family relationships
• Conclusions
• Further reading
• References
• 14 Milestones in adoption and fostering research
• Research milestones in the development of fostering
• Research milestones in the development of adoption
• And finally …
• Further reading
• References
• 15 Adoption and fostering in practice
• Transracial adoptive families
• Practice example 1
• Contact with birth families
• Practice example 2
• Relationship-based social work with looked after young people
• Practice example 3
• Life story work and understanding the past
• Practice example 4
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• part IV Residential Child Care
• Introduction
• 16 Residential child care policy
• The Poor Law
• The twentieth century – to 1948
• The twentieth century – post-1948
• The turn of the century
• The residential care task
• Further reading
• References
• 17 Residential child care: the legal foundations and requirements
• Legal duties, powers and children’s rights
• Secure establishments
• Practice example 1
• Children with disabilities
• Practice example 2
• Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
• Practice example 3
• In conclusion
• Acknowledgement
• Further reading
• References
• 18 Theory in residential child care
• Theory and residential child care
• Theory over time
• Theory within social work
• Life space approaches
• Reclaiming a moral dimension to care
• Social pedagogy
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 19 What research tells us about residential child care
• Trends in the use of residential child care
• The reasons for children being placed in residential care
• Relationships in residential child care
• The residential environment
• Effectiveness and quality in residential child care
• Transitions and leaving care
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• 20 Residential child care in practice
• The residential child care task
• Life in residential care
• Responding to the child
• Working with the group
• Moving on
• The Pathways process
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• Name index
• Subject index