Social Work with Children

This text aims to encourage social work students to view the educational experiences of the young people they will work with seriously and to provide them with the necessary information to do so with confidence and authority, taking account of the problems associated with inter-agency and inter-professional work drawing upon the authors' own practical experience and research. The recent review of the Diploma in Social Work highlighted the fact that children and young people who are in care have less successsful records of educational achievement than their peers. Social Work with Children encourages students to view the educational experiences of the young people they will work with seriously and to provide them with the necessary information to do so with confidence and authority. It takes account of the problems asssociated with inter-agency and inter-professional work drawing upon the authors own practical experience and research. Illustrative case studies are provided.

How can social workers enable vulnerable children to have a voice in the complex systems designed to protect them and promote their welfare? How can social workers enable vulnerable children to have a voice in the complex systems designed to protect them and promote their welfare? How can children be helped to make sense of complicated and disrupted lives? This core text addresses these and other challenging questions, setting out the principles and practice of social work with children and demonstrating the diversity of the work through carefully chosen case material. It will be essential reading for all social workers in training and practice involved with children.