Описание: What makes a good social worker? Children and young people quoted in this book say they want someone who listens, cares and respects them as individuals. Keeping a focus on children and young people can be difficult, however, when other adult professionals, carers and managers have a stronger and more influential voice than the children themselves.
With an emphasis on professional expectations, values and practice skills such as building trust, listening and advocacy, this textbook helps enable social workers base their practice with children and young people on a truly child-centred model. It draws on contemporary knowledge about childhood and children's rights to provide a critical understanding of the theoretical and legal basis for child-centred practice, and examines the dilemmas faced by professionals in maintaining their focus on promoting children and young people's participation in decision-making.
Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice is essential reading for students and professionals, helping the reader understand what we can learn from the tragic deaths of children such as 'Baby P' and Victoria Climbie, and from children and young people in care who need their voices heard.
