Social work with looked after children /

Cocker, Christine.

Social work with looked after children / Christine Cocker, Lucille Allain. - 2nd ed. - Exeter : Learning Matters, 2013. - xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Transforming social work practice. . - Transforming social work practice. .

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-235) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Policy and statistics -- ch. 2 The legal framework -- ch. 3 Pathways and placement types -- ch. 4 Assessment, care planning and contact -- ch. 5 Communication skills: Participation, children's rights and life story work -- ch. 6 Culture, ethnicity and faith: Working with children in care from diverse communities -- ch. 7 Disabled children -- ch. 8 Attachment, adversity and resilience -- ch. 9 Looked after children and mental health -- ch. 10 Education and health of looked after children -- ch. 11 Adoption and permanence -- ch. 12 Leaving care.

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Social work with children
Children--Great Britain.--Institutional care--Great Britain.

362.7 / COC