Social Work with Young People in Care: Looking After Children in Theory and Practice

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Nigel Patrick Thomas Karen Winter

Social Work with Young People in Care

Looking After Children in Theory and Practice

Nigel Patrick Thomas, Karen Winter

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Routledge
01 August 2024

Age groups: adolescents; Social work; Jurisprudence & general issues; Personal & public health; Psychotherapy

Series: Student Social Work

This introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after (in care or accommodated) by statutory or voluntary agencies is the only textbook on the subject which addresses this area of work across all four nations of the UK.

Providing a clear theoretical and ethical basis, it introduces and develops a set of core themes, reflective of contemporary developments including:

• the influence of, and tensions between, dominant discourses that shape the social work service (relationship-based practice, early intervention and prevention, social innovation, evidence-based practice and outcomes);

• the use and abuse of concepts of ‘children’s needs’ and ‘best interests’;

• ideas of parenting and parental responsibility, and the relationships between children, families, communities and the state;

• the importance of recognising that children and young people have rights and considering their views;

• trauma, trauma-informed practice, transitions and resilience.

With chapters addressing a sequence of topics – assessment and planning, residential and foster care, leaving care, and permanence – there is a specific focus on working with disabled children, children from minority ethnic communities, and marginalised groups of children and young people, including refugees and asylum seekers, LGBTQIA+ children and those who have been trafficked.

Packed full of useful pedagogical features, including material on the legal and policy context, summaries of research evidence, notes for good practice, group teaching exercises, references to legislation and guidance, and guides to further reading, it will be core reading on any child and family care modules, general preparation for practice courses, Frontline, Step Up, as well as for all social work practitioners.

By: Nigel Patrick Thomas, Karen Winter
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032821498
ISBN 10: 1032821493
Series: Student Social Work
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1.Introduction: themes and key principles. 2.The needs of children and young people who come into care. 3.Listening to children and young people. 4.Caring for young people from different backgrounds. 5.Law, policy and practice in looking after young people. 6.Assessment and planning. 7.Placement and contact. 8.Residential and foster care. 9.Adoption and working for permanence. 10.Leaving care and aftercare. 11.Conclusion: contemporary issues.

Nigel Patrick Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Childhood and Youth at the University of Central Lancashire. He was a social worker and team leader for 20 years before becoming an academic. He led the establishment of the first all-Wales Postqualifying Child Care Award. Karen Winter is Professor of Children’s Social Care at Queen's University Belfast. Prior to her academic career, Karen worked for 16 years as a social worker and team manager with children and families, and latterly as a guardian, representing children in court proceedings.