Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Richard P. Barth

The Child Welfare Challenge

Policy, Practice, and Research

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. This text focuses on families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies, and considers historical areas of service-foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services-where social work has an important role.

Produktdetails

• Modern Applications of Social Work Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 189mm x 234mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1018g
• ISBN-13: 9780815351665
• ISBN-10: 0815351666
• Artikelnr.: 53848299

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Pecora is Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington and Managing Director of Research Services for Casey Family Programs. James K. Whittaker is the Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. Richard P. Barth is Dean of the School of Social Work and Professor of Social Work at the University of Maryland. Sharon Borja is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the Graduate College of Social Work at The University of Houston. William Vesneski is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Seattle University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1:
Purpose, Goals, Objectives and Key Policies of Child and Family Social
Services, With a Special Focus on Child Welfare
Chapter 2:
Child Maltreatment: Nature, Prevalence and the Implications for Social
Policy
Chapter 3:
Protecting Children from Child Abuse and Neglect by Strengthening Families
and Communities
Chapter 4:
Strengthening Families through Anti-Poverty Efforts
Chapter 5:
Family Foster Care and Kinship Care
Chapter 6:
Achieving Permanency through Family Reunification, Adoption and
Guardianship
Chapter 7:
Juvenile Justice and Crossover Youth in Child Welfare
Chapter 8:
Specialized Treatment Services for Children and Families
Chapter 9:
Leadership, Staffing and Other Organizational Requisites for Effective
Child and Family Services
Chapter 10:
International Innovations in Child and Family Services