Values and Practice in Children's Services

by Roger Smith

Overview

Values and their application are a continuing area of concern for those involved in work with children and families. This book provides a means of understanding models of social welfare and children's services, and relating these to the challenges of practice. Key debates about values in children's services are identified and examined, in their legislative, policy and practice contexts. The text develops a range of approaches to practice, utilizing case examples to illustrate the challenges, and to help practitioners with the task of reconciling competing expectations in their work with children.

New to this Edition:
- Increased coverage of authoritarian states and hybrid regimes
- A wider range of international case studies than ever before, particularly including expanded coverage of Latin America and Africa
- A resource-packed companion website featuring student and lecturer materials such as interactive quizzes, video tutorials, essay papers, testbanks and an exclusive web-only chapter on Political Economy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350314184
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/29/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	217
File size:	557 KB

About the Author

ROGER SMITH is Lecturer and Programme Director in the School of Social Work at the University of Leicester. His research interests include youth offending, childcare, social inclusion, child poverty and user participation.
ROGER SMITH is Lecturer and Programme Director in the School of Social Work at the University of Leicester, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Values in Context
Keeping it in the Family: 'laissez-faire' and Minimal Intervention
Child Protection and the Authoritative State
Working in Partnership? The State and Family Support
Rights and Empowerment in Children's Services
Of Discourses and Dilemmas
Values and Anti-Discriminatory Practice
A Framework for Action.

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