Social Work with Troubled Families
Social Work with Troubled Families

Author: Keith Davies

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2015-03-21

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0857009745

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A critical introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP), this book explores the roots, significance and effectiveness of troubled family approaches in social work. An important strand of government social policy, the TFP gives rise to a number of ethical and political questions about assertive outreach, choice, use of power and eliding the structural inequalities which, it is often argued, largely account for the difficulties troubled families face. Social Work with Troubled Families: A Critical Introduction debates these issues, offers an examination of the systemic framework which underpins it and looks at the initiative in a broader context. This interdisciplinary study will be an important resource for social workers, social work students, practice educators and academics for its examination of practice methods. As an exploration of social policy it will appeal to social scientists and to policy makers along with those who seek to influence them.

Working with Denied Child Abuse
Working with Denied Child Abuse

Author: Andrew Turnell

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2006-09-16

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 033523030X

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How can professionals build constructive relationships with families where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these families? How can professionals work together constructively in such cases? Situations where parents refute child abuse allegations made against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by statutory and treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous amounts of professional time and energy and frequently become bogged down by ongoing professional-family mistrust and dispute. Often, the decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are safe, but rather because the professionalsrun out of ideas, time and energy. Working with ‘Denied’ Child Abuse presents an innovative, safety-focused, partnership-based, model called Resolutions, which provides an alternative approach for responding rigourously and creatively to such cases. It describes each stage of this practical model and demonstrates the approach through many case examples from therapists, statutory social workers and other professionals working in Europe, North America and Australasia. The book is key reading for legal, health and social care professionals working in the area of child protection.

Family Social Welfare
Family Social Welfare

Author: Frances Scherz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1351520326

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Our changing cultural environment and societal attitudes are subtly but unmistakably altering the personality development of the individual and the functioning of the family. The increasing complexity of the emotional and social problems of their clients is requiring social workers to understand and meet the needs of the entire family group as well as of its individual members. Two nationally known experts in the field have collaborated in writing the first comprehensive work to deal with this new trend in social work. The authors' many years of experience in practice, teaching, and observation throughout the field are reflected in this lucid and systematic book, which introduces the reader to what is known about normal and deviant behavior in the context of family life, how families can be helped to lead normal lives, and how disrupted family structures can be rebuilt. In addition, the practitioner will find in this pioneering volume important new diagnostic insights and valuable guidelines for his work. The case material used throughout the book, in brief form, for illustrative purposes, is drawn from various social welfare agencies. In general, the cases were chosen because each has applicability to the work of different kinds of social agencies. Selected reading suggestions have been compiled with respect to each section for the reader interested in enlarging his knowledge about human behavior, our society, and the giving of help to troubled families and individuals. These reading suggestions include not only relevant nonfiction, but also fiction-old and new-that offers valuable insights into certain behaviors and circumstances of troubled individuals and families. Of immediate usefulness as a text in all courses in social work and sociology dealing with the family, this book will prove equally valuable to social workers in voluntary agencies as well as to those in public social agencies at local, state, and national levels, to teachers, and

Families in Distress
Families in Distress

Author: Malcolm Bush

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-05-13

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 0520360796

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Social Work Reclaimed
Social Work Reclaimed

Author: Steve Goodman

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0857004611

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Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) is a radical new system for delivering child and family social work in the UK. The system was first piloted in the London Borough of Hackney and the model has gained national recognition. At the heart of this innovative system is the endeavour to keep children together with their families. This book sets out what the Reclaiming Social Work model is, how it was implemented, and how it works. It explains the RSW system of social work 'units' made up of clinicians and therapists and headed by a consultant social worker, and demonstrates how it has worked in practice. The evidence base and theories underlying the model are also explained. Several chapters are written by consultant social workers with extensive experience of working within RSW, which outline the methodological approaches used. This book on a pioneering new social work model will be of great interest to social work managers, policymakers and academics.

Families and Social Workers
Families and Social Workers

Author: Pat Starkey

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780853236665

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Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

The Troubled Family in River City
The Troubled Family in River City

Author: Marion Primas

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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Individuals with mental health problems very often have other kinds of problems as well. Financial, housing, employment and physical difficulties, to name a few, complicate and intensify the need for direct and effective assistance along many fronts. Individuals with problems are not necessarily problem individuals, but a lack of adequate and timely assistance can make them so. The subjects of this study were in contact with a variety of social agencies including community mental health centers, hospitals, family services, legal aid, public welfare, schools, juvenile courts, and many others. But too seldom was the service adequately planned or coordinated. At times, a person's problems were even compounded by the sincere, but disjointed efforts to help. In undertaking this study, the NIMH hoped to contribute to a better understanding of the problems faced by those who are disadvantaged and needy in many aspects of their existence. It was also designed to provide a realistic assessment of the strengths and limitations of our existing system of services. Findings such as those reported here can strengthen the foundation on which to plan and carry through more effective mental health services. To be effective, they must work in partnership with other human service agencies to meet the various and complex needs of families so sorely in need of social concern and care.