Understanding Child and Family Welfare Statutory Responses to Children at Risk

by Connolly, Marie; Morris, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780230250192
• ISBN10: 023025019X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

This book crosses international boundaries to explore contemporary child and family welfare practices. It traces the major changes and challenges in Western practice over the past decade, looks at evidence-informed practice, and focuses on the generic phases of the statutory process, including assessing risk and finding safe solutions.

Author Biography

MARIE CONNOLLY is Chair and Head of Social Work at the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. She was previously the Chief Social Worker within the New Zealand government, and was Associate Professor and Director at the Te Awatea Violence Research Center at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has published extensively in her area of scholarship, including eight related books, most recently Child Death by Maltreatment (2007), Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services (2008) and Social Work: Contexts and Practice 2nd Edition (2009). She holds an honorary professorship at the University of Auckland and she has a statutory background in child protection.

KATE MORRIS is Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. She waspreviously Head of Social Work at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Responding to Children at Risk
Regulatory Frameworks in Child Welfare
Practice Frameworks, Models and Resources in Child Welfare
Family Engagement Strategies in Child Welfare
Statutory Systems of Care
Supporting Family-based Systems of Care
The Experiences and Voices of Children in Care
Strengthening Practice
Concluding Thoughts
References