Ashok Chand, June Thoburn, Joanne Procter

Child Welfare Services for Minority Ethnic Families

The Research Reviewed

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on extensive studies into child welfare services, this important book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature and adequacy of the services provided, and the outcomes for the children and their families, this book provides guidance for policy and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781843102694
• ISBN-10: 1843102692
• Artikelnr.: 21195602

Autorenporträt

June Thoburn is Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Work and founding Director of the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. She has an international reputation for her research and writing on child and family social work, child protection, adoption and foster care. She was awarded the CBE in 2002 for services to social work. Ashok Chand is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Nottingham where he teaches child and family social work on qualifying and post-qualifying programmes. He is currently researching family support and child protection services to South Asian families. Joanne Procter is responsible for the statistical aspects of this study. She has a degree in social policy and is currently researching the place of in-court mediation in helping separating parents to reach agreements in disputes about children.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. A context to the review Beverley Prevatt
Goldstein. Part I. The Research and the Messages. 2. Introduction. 3.
Family Support Services. 4. Child Protection Services and the Family
Courts. 5. Children looked after away from home or placed for adoption. 6.
Messages from research on the social work service to parents and children
of minority ethnic origin. 7. Next steps in researching child welfare
service for minority ethnic children, parents and carers. Part II.
Summaries of the Main Research Studies. Appendix 1. Ethnic composition for
total UK population, Census 2001, Office for National Statistics. Appendix
2. Template for research summaries. Appendix 3. The approach to the
research review. References.