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" Safeguarding and promoting the well being of children, families, and their communities / "
edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward.
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1024281
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b778651
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Safeguarding and promoting the well being of children, families, and their communities /\ edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward.
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London ;Philadelphia :: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,, 2005.
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Child welfare outcomes
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1 online resource (304 pages).
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1843101416
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: 1846422469
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: 9781843101413
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: 9781846422461
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1843101416
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Some chapters based on papers originally given at the Fifth International Looking After Children Conference held in Oxford, England in Sept. 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part I: Evidence of Need -- -- Promoting the health and well-being of children : evidence of need in the UK / Fran Bennett -- Policies in the UK to promote the well-being of children / Gillian Pugh -- The impact of US welfare reform on children's well-being : Minnesota focus / Anthony Bibus, Rosemary Link and Michael O'Neal -- -- Part II: Effective Interventions to Promote Children's Health and Well-being -- -- Support teams for adolescents / Nina Biehal -- Catching children as they fall : the East Dunbarton shire Looked After Children mental health project / Michael van Beinum, Andy Martin, and Chris Bonnett -- Promoting the health and well-being of indigenous minority children in Canada and Australia / Richard Budgell [and others] -- 'Better than being at home' : disabled children's views about school / Clare Connors and Kirsten Stalker -- The voice of young people : reflections on the care experience and the process of leaving care / Kathleen Kufeldt and Mike Stein -- -- Part III: Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Families -- -- Themes from a UK research initiative on supporting parents / David Quinton -- The Canada pre-natal nutrition program and breaking the cycle : a nation's response to programming for its most vulnerable citizens / Judy Watson and Margaret Leslie -- Promoting the well-being of children and families : what is best practice? / Geoffrey Nelson -- Shared family care : child protection and family preservation / Richard Barth and Amy Price -- -- Part IV: Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Communities -- -- Housing issues in child welfare : a practice response with service and policy implications / Bruce Leslie -- Searching for impacts of a community-based initiative : the evaluation of '1, 2, 3 GO!' / Cmil Bouchard -- -- Part V: Conclusion -- -- Dude, where's my outcomes? : partnership working and outcome-based accountability in the UK / Mark Friedman, Louise Garnett, and Mike Pinnock -- Evaluating interventions and monitoring outcomes / Jane Scott, Terry Moore, and Harriet Ward.
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Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative interventions designed to nurture children's health and welfare, and analyses which types of programmes are most effective and why. The contributors explore the impact of poverty on children's development and assess national initiatives set up to assess and reduce need. They present examples from the UK, US, Canada and Australia of specific interventions to counter or prevent difficulties in the domains of c.
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Child welfare.
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Children with social disabilities-- Services for.
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Family social work.
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Social work with children.
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Child welfare.
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Children with social disabilities-- Services for.
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Family social work.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Social Welfare Social Services.
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Social work with children.
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362.7
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HV713.S22 2005eb
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Scott, Jane,1968-
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Ward, Harriet,1948-
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International Looking After Children Conference(5th :2002 :, Oxford, England)
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