Child Welfare Social Work / Edition 1

by Philip R. Popple, Francine Vecchiolla

Overview

Child Welfare Social Work is a brief, introductory text for undergraduate child welfare courses covering the most important policy and practice issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205274901
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	12/27/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1. Child Welfare as a Field of Social Work and Public Policy.
2. Child Welfare in America : A Brief History.
3. Families and Children Served by Child Welfare Agencies.
4. Risk Factors and Risk Assessment in Child Welfare.
5. Assessing and Intervening with Families.
6. Universal Services for Children.
7. Services to Families and Children at Home.
8. Services to Families and Children with the Children in Substitute Care.
9. Services for Children Who Cannot Go Home.
10. Doing Child Welfare.
11. Other Key Players in the Child Welfare System.
12. Concluding Thoughts on the Practice of Child Welfare.