Family support as reflective practice [electronic book] / edited by Pat Dolan, John Canavan and John Pinkerton ; foreword by Neil Thompson.

Contributor(s): Dolan, Pat, 1958- [editor] | Canavan, John, 1967- [editor] | Pinkerton, John, 1953- [editor] | Thompson, Neil, 1955- [Author of introduction, etc.].

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BookPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781843103202 (paperback); 9781846424748 (e-book); 9781846424748 (e-book).Subject(s): Family services

| Child welfare

DDC classification: 362.82532 Online resources: E-book

Contents:

Family support: from description to reflection -- Engaging with policy and organization -- School as a base for family support services -- Family support as community-based practice: considering a community capacity framework for family support provision -- Supporting families through local government: a danish case study -- Implementing family support policy: empowering practitioners -- A comparative perspective: exploring the space for family support -- Using concepts, frameworks and tools -- Safeguarding children through supporting families -- Youth advocacy: programming justice-focused family support intervention -- Supporting families with disabled children: a case study -- Enhancing support for young people in need: reflections on informal and formal sources of help -- Cultural competence, cultural sensitivity and family support -- Reframing practice as a family support: leaving care -- Assessment, intervention and self-appraisal tools for family support -- Culturally appropriate family support practice: working with asian populations -- Advancing evaluation -- Developing an outcome evaluation framework for use by family support programs -- School- and family-level income effects in a randomized controlled prevention trial:a multilevel analysis -- Towards an inclusive approach to family support evaluation -- Reflecting for action: the future of family support.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Family support is an increasingly important strategic approach to welfare services for children and families. This invaluable resource for all professionals engaged in the development and delivery of these services is underpinned by reflective practice values and structured around four themes:

* conceptual frameworks and vocabulary (defining)

* policy and organisational structures and processing (planning)

* tools for creative practice (doing)

* approaches to evaluation (measuring).

Contributors from around the world provide international perspectives on core issues in family support. These include the importance of community, the role of statutory and voluntary agencies, youth advocacy, culturally appropriate family support, child protection, disability services and effective means of evaluation. Providing a combination of clear theoretical frameworks and practical guidance, with clear 'how to' messages and a strong emphasis on evaluation, this book will be of interest to social workers, care staff, teachers, community development and police officers, students, policy-makers, evaluators and all those working in all areas of family support.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Family support: from description to reflection -- Engaging with policy and organization -- School as a base for family support services -- Family support as community-based practice: considering a community capacity framework for family support provision -- Supporting families through local government: a danish case study -- Implementing family support policy: empowering practitioners -- A comparative perspective: exploring the space for family support -- Using concepts, frameworks and tools -- Safeguarding children through supporting families -- Youth advocacy: programming justice-focused family support intervention -- Supporting families with disabled children: a case study -- Enhancing support for young people in need: reflections on informal and formal sources of help -- Cultural competence, cultural sensitivity and family support -- Reframing practice as a family support: leaving care -- Assessment, intervention and self-appraisal tools for family support -- Culturally appropriate family support practice:
working with asian populations -- Advancing evaluation -- Developing an outcome evaluation framework for use by family support programs -- School- and family-level income effects in a randomized controlled prevention trial:a multilevel analysis -- Towards an inclusive approach to family support evaluation -- Reflecting for action: the future of family support.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Author notes provided by Syndetics

Pat Dolan is joint manager of Western Health Board/NUI, Galway Child and Family Research and Policy Unit and is the director of the forthcoming MA in Family Support Studies at the National University of Ireland. He is directly involved in research on family support and is a recognised international expert in the field. John Canavan is joint manager of Western Health Board/NUI, Galway Child and Family Research and Policy Unit. He manages and is directly involved as a researcher in the area of family support, child protection and alternative care, John Pinkerton is involved in teaching,, researching and writing in the areas of family support and care leaving. He is External Examiner to the MA in Social Work course at Trinity College Dublin, a member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Social Work, a member of the advisory board of the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town and consultant to the Northern Ireland government on the development of a Northern Ireland Children's Strategy. Pat Dolan, John Canavan and John Pinkerton also co-edited Family Support: Direction from Diversity (published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers).