Screen LibraryThe child welfare challenge : policy, practice, and research /
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| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Series: |
Modern applications of social work. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780815351665 0815351666 9780815351658 0815351658 |
| Index Number: | HV741 |
| CLC: | D771.285 |
| Call Number: | D771.285/C536-3/4th ed. |
| Contents: | 1. Purpose, goals, objectives, and key policies of child and family social services, with a special focus on child welfare -- 2. Child maltreatment: nature, prevalence, and the implications for social policy -- 3. Protecting children from child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and communities -- 4. Strengthening families through anti-poverty efforts -- 5. Family foster care and kinship care -- 6. Achieving permanency through family reunification, adoption, and guardianship -- 7. Juvenile justice and crossover youth in child welfare -- 8. Specialized treatment services for children and families -- 9. Leadership, staffing, and other organizational requisites for effective child and family services -- 10. International innovation in child and family services. |