| Rethinking Residential Child Care: Positive Perspectives Contributor(s): Smith, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861349084 ISBN-13: 9781861349088 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Residential child care is a crucial, though relatively neglected, area of social work. And yet, revelations of abuse and questions of effectiveness have led to increasingly regulatory and procedural approaches to practice and heightened political and prof |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.732 |
| LCCN: 2009499735 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Residential child care is a crucial, though relatively neglected area of social work. And yet, revelations of abuse and questions of effectiveness have led to increasingly regulatory and procedural approaches to practice and heightened political and professional scrutiny. This book provides a broad and critical look at the ideas and policy developments that have shaped the direction of the sector. The book sets present-day policy and practice within historical, policy and organisational context. The author applies a critical gaze to attempts to improve practice through regulation and, fundamentally, challenges how residential child care is conceptualised. He argues that it needs to move beyond dominant discourses of protection, rights and outcomes to embrace those of care and upbringing. The importance of the personal relationship in helping children to grow and develop is highlighted. Other traditions of practice such as the European concept of social pedagogy are also explored to more accurately reflect the task of residential child care. The book will be of interest to practitioners in residential child care, social workers and students on social work and social care courses. It should be required reading for social work managers and will also be of interest to policy makers and students of social policy, education and childhood studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Mark: - Mark Smith is senior lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. |