Understanding Child and Family Welfare: Statutory Responses to Children at Risk

by Kate Morris and Marie Connolly

How do workers around the world balance risk and support to ensure that their practice meets the ever-changing needs of children and their families? Renowned authors Marie Connolly and Kate Morris join forces to explore the frameworks and ideas which have shaped contemporary child and family welfare practice. From definitions of abuse to assessment models, they examine the knowledge base which lies at the heart of safe and effective statutory practice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YXQTJM
• ISBN13: 9780230250192
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"