Steve Walker, Hedy Cleaver

Assessing Children's Needs and Circumstances

The Impact of the Assessment Framework

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on interviews with social workers and their managers, and families and young people themselves, the authors of this important book show how the principles embodied in the Assessment Framework have been applied to social work practice. This book should be read by all professionals working to promote the welfare and well-being of children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9781843101598
• ISBN-10: 1843101599
• Artikelnr.: 21480785

Autorenporträt

Hedy Cleaver is a Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway, University London. She is both a qualified social worker and psychologist, and worked as a practitioner before embarking on a career in social work research. Steve Walker has over twenty years' experience as a practitioner, manager and trainer in children and family social work. He is currently a Research Fellow at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Pamela Meadows is an economist with strong social policy interests and both academic and policy evaluation experience.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Al Aynsley-Green. 1. Introducing the Study. 2. Implementation. 3.
Involving Families in the Assessment Process. 4. The Experiences of Social
Service Managers and Practitioners. 5. Inter-Agency and Inter-Professional
Collaboration in Assessment of Children in Need. 6. Referrals: Findings
from the Audit. 7. Initial Assessments: Findings from the Audit. 8. Core
Assessment: Findings from the Audit. 9. The Cost of Undertaking Core
Assessments, Pamela Meadows. 10. Conclusions and Implications for Policy
and Practice. Appendix I. Aims and Methods. Appendix II. Tables. Appendix
III. Time-sheet for social workers to record time spent in undertaking a
core assessment. References