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The Child´s Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency
Iwaniec
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Description for The Child´s Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency
Hardcover. This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system, from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often long court proceedings, in pursuit of Care or Freeing Orders. Editor(s): Iwaniec, Dorota. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 710.
This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system, from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often long court proceedings, in pursuit of Care or Freeing Orders. Problems that arise from taking cases through the courts are examined, together with tensions that may arise between judicial and social work decision-making.
This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system, from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often long court proceedings, in pursuit of Care or Freeing Orders. Problems that arise from taking cases through the courts are examined, together with tensions that may arise between judicial and social work decision-making.
The Child's Journey Through Care discusses in full:
- the emotional and behavioural problems of looked-after children and elaborates on care-planning and helping strategies;
- children's rights whilst in State care and their participation in decision-making about their future, including preparation for appearances in court;
- the importance and ways of building ... Read more
- pitfalls and successes when seeking permanency of care and emotional stability.
The book also includes considerations of the European Convention of Human Rights (1998) and describes many of the dilemmas arising in meeting the rights of children and parents, without jeopardising the welfare of either. The importance of openness, consideration, and straightforward dealings with parents is given due emphasis, especially where preparations for taking cases to court are involved.
The Child's Journey Through Care will be a valuable source of information for field and residential workers, social work supervisors, resource managers, policy makers, and those working in the legal profession.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470011379
SKU
V9780470011379
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Ref
99-50
About Iwaniec
Professor Dorota Iwaniec is Director of the Institute of Childcare Research at Queen’s University, Belfast. She is a world-renowned expert on childcare and emotional abuse and is the author of several books, including three published by Wiley.
Reviews for The Child´s Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency
“…a consistent style that makes some complex issues quite accessible…if you’ve only got time for one book about care, this could be it.” (Children Now, April 2007)