Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited

by Fulcher; Leon C

• ISBN13: 9780789032799
• ISBN10: 0789032791
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135803797
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Find out how group care for children has changed in the last 20 years Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited focuses on the core issues that shape the quality of care that's provided in institutional and residential care settings, as well as day care services that rely on the group process. Leading authorities on residential group care practice from around the world examine practice concepts centered on three broad themes: working directly with children; working indirectly to support children and their families; and organizational influences on practice. This unique book offers valuable insights for dealing with the daily challenges of working with young people in responsive group care. Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited builds on contemporary themes that were explored by the editors more than 20 years ago in Group Care for Children: Concept and Issues, and Group Care Practice with Children, both out of print. Contributors to this updated collection put a fresh spin on the original material, as well as cross-cultural analysis from both sides of the Atlantic, Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, China, and the United Arab Emirates. They revisit the key issues identified in the earlier books and provide personal and professional reflections on what has happened to their practice themes since the early 1980s. Special attention is paid to how social policy imperatives--normalization, de-institutionalization, mainstreaming, least restrictive environment, minimal intervention, and diversion--have reshaped the field, group care methods and skills needed for direct and indirect care, and group care as an occupational. Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited examines (and re-examines): the relationships between group care practice and education how group care programs can become hostile to families primary care in secondary settings the importance of shared language in a group care center group development how group composition can influence the overall functioning of the group managing occupational stresses in group care practice patterns of career development in child and youth care economic influences that impact group care challenges facing the future of group care services for children and much more Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited is a must-read for youth case workers, child and youth care educators, and anyone working in child welfare, including youth justice managers, administrators, and policymakers.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	xvii
Foreword	xix
Adrian Ward
Preface	xxxi
Mark Krueger
Group Care Practice with Children Revisited	1	(26)
Leon C. Fulcher
Frank Ainsworth
SECTION 1: WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES
The Soul, Rhythms and Blues of Responsive Child and Youth Care at Home or Away from Home	27	(24)
Leon C. Fulcher
Developing Social Competencies in Group Care Practice	51	(24)
Richard W. Small
Leon C. Fulcher
Group Care Practitioners as Family Workers	75	(12)
Frank Ainsworth
SECTION 2: WORKING INDIRECTLY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND FAMILIES
Primary Care in Secondary Settings: Inherent Strains	87	(30)
Henry W. Maier
Thom Garfat
Developing a Shared Language and Practice	117	(34)
Stephen F. Casson
Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Group Care	151	(26)
Frank Ainsworth
Leon C. Fulcher
Resident Group Influences on Team Functioning	177	(32)
Gale E. Burford
Leon C. Fulcher
SECTION 3: ORGANISATIONAL INFLUENCES ON PRACTICE
Managing Occupational Stress for Group Care Personnel	209	(22)
Martha A. Mattingly
Patterns of Career Development in Child and Youth Care	231	(28)
Karen D. VanderVen
The Economics of Group Care Practice: A Reappraisal	259	(26)
Martin Knapp
Conclusion--Looking Ahead	285	(10)
Leon C. Fulcher
Frank Ainsworth
Index	295