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Australian Social Policy and the Human Services

Author : Ed Carson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108916449
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Australian Social Policy and the Human Services written by Ed Carson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social policy encompasses the study of social needs, policy development and administrative arrangements aimed at improving citizen wellbeing and redressing disadvantage. Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the mechanisms of policy development, implementation and evaluation. This third edition emphasises the complexity of practice, examining the links and gaps between policy development and implementation and encouraging readers to develop a critical approach to practice. The text now includes an overview of Australia's political system and has been expanded significantly to cover contemporary issues across several policy domains, including changes in labour market structure, homelessness, mental health and disability, child protection and family violence, education policy, Indigenous initiatives, conceptualisations of citizenship, and the rights of diverse groups and populations. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Australian Social Policy and the Human Services is an indispensable resource for students and practitioners alike.

The Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) Study

Author : Ben Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781922038630
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) Study written by Ben Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report presents the results of Phase 2 of the Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) study, an evaluation of the Communities for Children (CfC) initiative. The focus is on examining the effects of the initiative on child, family and community outcomes. By using data from Phase 1 (Waves 1 to 3 conducted from 2006–08) and Phase 2 (Waves 4 and 5 conducted in 2010–12) of the Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) study, the medium- to longer-term effects of the program can be assessed. As part of the CfC initiative, the Department of Social Services (DSS; formerly Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [FaHCSIA]) funded non-government organisations as “Facilitating Partners” initially in 45 disadvantaged geographic areas around Australia. Their task was to develop and implement a “whole-of-community” approach to enhancing early childhood development, through consultation with local stakeholders. The idea behind the CfC model is that service effectiveness is dependent not only on the nature and number of services, but also on coordinated service delivery "--Executive summary.

Understanding Child and Family Welfare

Author : Marie Connolly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350314196
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Child and Family Welfare written by Marie Connolly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do workers around the world balance risk and support to ensure that their practice meets the ever-changing needs of children and their families? Renowned authors Marie Connolly and Kate Morris join forces to explore the frameworks and ideas which have shaped contemporary child and family welfare practice. From definitions of abuse to assessment models, they examine the knowledge base which lies at the heart of safe and effective statutory practice with children and families. Drawing on examples from a range of English-speaking jurisdictions, the book explores: - How to engage families, including participatory approaches and the role of the Family Group Conference - How to create positive out-of-home environments for children, discussing foster, kinship and residential care and adoption settings - How to improve professional decision-making through supervision and other organizational frameworks. At a time when child welfare systems across the globe are undergoing review, Understanding Child and Family Welfare provides a timely exploration of the reform agendas which will shape future practice. With sharp analytic insights into the difficulties and dilemmas which characterize this field, it is fundamental reading for all students studying child and family support or child protection, as well as for practitioners working within children and family settings.

Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

Author : Mike Stein
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1846427916
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood written by Mike Stein and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation. In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and comparing the range of legal and policy frameworks, welfare regimes and innovative practice across 16 countries. The book also highlights the variations that exist between different groups leaving care. Featuring key messages for policy and practice, this book will give academics, practitioners and policymakers valuable insights into how to encourage resilience and improve outcomes for care leavers.

Working with Vulnerable Families

Author : Fiona Arney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107513499
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Working with Vulnerable Families written by Fiona Arney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty, domestic violence, marginalisation, drug and alcohol dependence are just some of the issues faced by many Australian families. Now in its second edition, Working with Vulnerable Families provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to family-centred practice in Australia. It explores the ways in which health, education and social welfare professionals can support and protect children and their families. Fully revised and updated, with eight new chapters, the book examines recent research and programs on relationship-based family support, harnessing 'resilience' and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. It encourages readers to 'think child, think family, think community' in order to promote the development, wellbeing and safety of young children and future generations. Each chapter features learning goals, local case studies and reflective questions to help reinforce and extend the reader's understanding. Written by a diverse team of experts, this is an indispensable resource for students and practitioners alike.

Families Then and Now, 1980-2010

Author : Ruth E. Weston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921414435
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Families Then and Now, 1980-2010 written by Ruth E. Weston and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this fact sheet reflects on how families have changed in Australia over the last few decades. It provides statistics on broad trends in relationships, household and family types, relationships within family households, marital status of lone parents, becoming parents, fertility trends, ex-nuptial births, parental employment, mothers' education, and child care. Despite all the changes outlined above, some fundamental things about families do not change. Most importantly, they remain the basic unit of society and the site in which most children are raised.

Advanced Social Work with Children and Families

Author : Christine Cocker
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1844457761
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Advanced Social Work with Children and Families written by Christine Cocker and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice and legislation in child and family social work are always changing and have once again come under the spotlight. This text contextualises the bureaucratisation and managerialism of modern social work while also covering the advanced and complex skills necessary for competent social work practice in this area. The recent introduction of a new framework for Post-Qualifying social work practice provides an opportunity for the development of a robust text covering the basics at an advanced level.

Child and Family Social Work

Author :
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047069324X
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Child and Family Social Work written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special edition of Child & Family Social Work focusing on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several countries - Australia, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. Predominantly focusing on unaccompanied or separated children who come to these countries without an adult to look after them. But equally importantly, many children are accompanied by adult members who seek asylum, and sometimes achieve their goal of full refugee status. Papers include: The child's or the State's best interests - An examination of the ways immigration officials work with Unaccompanied asylum seeking minors in Norway- Ada Engebrigtsen Asylum, Children's rights and Social Work - Sarah Cemlyn and Linda Briskman How social workers work with African Refugee Children and their families - Toyin Okitikpi and Cathy Amer Promoting psychosocial wellbeing in unaccompanied minors in the United Kingdom - Ravi Kohli and Rosie Mather Unsettling the social in social work: responses to asylum-seeking children in Ireland - Alastair Christie The social services response to unaccompanied children in England - Fiona Mitchell Each paper analyses the strength and weaknesses of the systems and practices in working with Asylum seekers and refugees.

Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice

Author : Sally Holland
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446259765
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice written by Sally Holland and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice is an essential guide for social work students and practitioners involved in the assessment of children and their families. Focusing on ′core′ assessments and guiding the reader through the complexities of conducting assessments of need and risk, the book now includes within each chapter a range of specifically-tailored exercises and focus points which encourage readers both to reflect on what they have learnt and to understand how they can apply that learning to practice. Placing a strong emphasis on good, evidence-based, assessment practice, Sally Holland has also, for this new edition, included original research evidence from a wide range of up-to-date research studies which are relevant to today′s practice and which aim to promote a critical and reflective approach to the assessment process. The book is divided into three parts: - Part 1 explores different appoaches to assessment work, outlining policy changes and their implications for working with children and their families. - Part 2 studies those involved in child and family assessments: children and their parents; and the relationship between the assessors and the assessed. - Part 3 - a more practical guide - outlines the actual process of an assessment, illustrated by case studies, focusing on planning assessment methods, analysis, reporting and critical evaluation. Accessibly relating theory and research to actual practice through the use of case studies, exercises, and suggestions for good practice and further reading, this book has a student-friendly structure It will be an invaluable resource for practitioners and academics across the field of social welfare, particularly for those embarking on, or already involved in, child and family assessment.

The Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research

Author : Elizabeth Fernandez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040098096
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research written by Elizabeth Fernandez and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides an accessible resource for all social work students, educators, practitioners, and policymakers to increase their knowledge and understanding of how research into the diversity and impact of child and family social work interventions might underpin and drive policy and practice. Divided into six sections The Context of Child and Family Social Work Research Preventive and Reparative Responses to Children and Families Child Maltreatment: Causes, Consequences, and Responses Alternate Care as an Approach to Safeguarding Children and Young People Intervention: Therapeutic Responses to Vulnerable Children, Youth, and Families Child and Family Social Work in the Global Context and comprising 52 newly written chapters by experts in the field, it provides a foundational overview of the field of child and family social work, including defining concepts, sentinel historical milestones, and the scope of practice. It also identifies developments in auxiliary fields such as neuroscience, psychology, education, health, poverty, and media By illustrating diverse research endeavours in parenting, maltreatment, prevention, child protection, and substitutive interventions including foster care, residential care, adoption, and juvenile corrections and elaborating child welfare research methods, measures, and impacts on practice, it analyses evidence-based interventions and policies in early intervention, child protection, child placement, adoption, and advocacy. It will be required reading for anyone working in social work and child protection.

Indicators of Social and Family Functioning

Author : Stephen R. Zubrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780642449856
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Indicators of Social and Family Functioning written by Stephen R. Zubrick and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy

Author : Professor Gabrielle Meagher
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743326300
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Book Synopsis Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy by : Professor Gabrielle Meagher

Download or read book Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy written by Professor Gabrielle Meagher and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades, raising a range of important questions about financial and democratic accountability: 'who benefits', 'who suffers' and 'who decides'. This book explores these developments through rich case studies of a diverse set of social policy domains. The case studies demonstrate a range of effects of marketisation, including the impact on the experience of consumer engagement with social service systems, on the distribution of social advantage and disadvantage, and on the democratic steering of social policy.

Babies and Bosses - Reconciling Work and Family Life (Volume 1) Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264161139
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Babies and Bosses - Reconciling Work and Family Life (Volume 1) Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first OECD review of the reconciliation of work and family life looks at the challenges parents of young children confront when trying to square their work and care commitments, and the implications for social and labour market trends.

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Author : Terry Altilio MSW, ACSW, LCSW
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199838275
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work written by Terry Altilio MSW, ACSW, LCSW and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text that addresses the needs of professionals who provide interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive, biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with life-threatening illness. Social workers from diverse settings will benefit from its international scope and wealth of patient and family narratives. Unique to this scholarly text is its emphasis on the collaborative nature inherent in palliative care. This definitive resource is edited by two leading palliative social work pioneers who bring together an array of international authors who provide clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, and academics with a broad range of content to enrich the guidelines recommended by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care.

Women’s Rights to Social Security and Social Protection

Author : Beth Goldblatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849469776
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Women’s Rights to Social Security and Social Protection written by Beth Goldblatt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the human rights to social security and social protection from a women's rights perspective. The contributors stress the need to address women's poverty and exclusion within a human rights framework that takes account of gender. The chapters unpack the rights to social security and protection and their relationship to human rights principles such as gender equality, participation and dignity. Alongside conceptual insights across the field of women's social security rights, the collection analyses recent developments in international law and in a range of national settings. It considers the ILO's Social Protection Floors Recommendation and the work of UN treaty bodies. It explores the different approaches to expansion of social protection in developing countries (China, Chile and Bolivia). It also discusses conditionality in cash transfer programmes, a central debate in social policy and development, through a gender lens. Contributors consider the position of poor women, particularly single mothers, in developed countries (Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland and Spain) facing the damaging consequences of welfare cuts. The collection engages with shifts in global discourse on the role of social policy and the way in which ideas of crisis and austerity have been used to undermine rights with harsh impacts on women.

APAIS 1994: Australian public affairs information service

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Publisher : National Library Australia
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book APAIS 1994: Australian public affairs information service written by and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Family in Law

Author : Archana Parashar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108184146
Total Pages : 1078 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Family in Law written by Archana Parashar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family in Law provides a jurisprudential analysis of current family law, connecting doctrinal discourse with sociological, historical and economic analyses of the institution of family. The law's focus on the nuclear family as the default model is central to the book's discourse, which contains in-depth discussions of the key areas of family law - marriage, divorce, children and property matters. Written for Australian legal actors - whether students, academics or professionals - readers are encouraged to question current frameworks, critique well-known cases and make informed conclusions on whether changes could be made to engender a fairer and more equitable society. In developing doctrinal analysis within a theoretical framework, The Family in Law challenges the conventional boundaries of family law, providing readers with both a solid foundation and a multi-layered perspective to their understanding of the topic.