Valuing the field
Subtitle: child welfare in an international context
By: edited by Marilyn Callahan, Sven Hessle with Susan Strega.
Contributors: Callahan, Marilyn, 1942-; Hessle, Sven, 1941-; Strega, Susan.; Center for Evaluative and Developmental Research (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Child welfare -- Congresses.; Children's rights -- Congresses.; Child welfare -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.; Child welfare -- International cooperation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.; Cross-cultural studies
Other titles: Child welfare in an international context
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index.
"Published in association with CEDR"--Cover.
Comparative experiences from the project "Child Abuse, Protection, and Welfare," where social work degree students were exchanged between 3 provinces in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
"Consists of papers presented at two conferences sponsored by the project. The first was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in May 1998 and the second in Stockholm, Sweden in October 1998"--P. xvi.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: LISTENING TO MESSAGES FROM THE FIRST LINE; title: 1 Child Welfare on the Eve of the Twenty First Century: What we have Learned; title: Sven Hessle; title: 2 The Changing Face of Child Welfare: Perspectives from the Field; title: Joan Gilroy; title: 3 Efforts at Empowering Youth: Youth-in-Care and the Youth-in-Care Networks in; title: Ontario and Canada; title: Susan Strega; title: PART II: BUILDING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS; title: 4 The Focus on Family when Children are at Risk: Swedish Policy in Practice; title: Sven Hessle with Solvie Eriksson, Mia Garphult,; title: Berit Jernberg, Gunilla Levin and Petra Wils; title: 5 The "Wraparound" Process: Strength-Based Practice; title: Ralph A. Brown and Andrew Debicki; title: 6 From Case and Client to Citizen:; title: An Innovation in Child Welfare Practice; title: Judy Burgess, Riley Hern and Brian Wharf; title: PART III: CHILDREN ON THE MOVE; title: 7 Unaccompanied and Asylum-Seeking Children Encounter Sweden; title: Marie Hessle; title: 8 Offering Relief to Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers in Holland; title: Yvonne Aronson, Ab Bobbink, Peter Ernen,; title: Johan van der Have and Ria Wijnen; title: PART IV: VALUING DIVERSITY IN CHILD WELFARE COMMUNITIES; title: 9 Tackling Racism in Everyday Realities: A Task for Social Workers; title: Lena Dominelli; title: 10 A First Nations Experience in First Nations Child Welfare Services; title: Audrey Hill; title: 11 It Takes a Village: Building Networks of Support for African Nova Scotian Families and Children; title: Wanda Thomas Bernard and Candace Bernard; title: PART V: VALUING THE FIELD IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION; title: 12 Developing Partnerships in Social Work Education in Britain; title: Sally Richards, Kish Bhatti-Sinclair,; title: Wendy Borrill, Lena Dominelli and Julia Waldman; title: PART VI: CONCLUSION; title: 13 Valuing the Field: Lessons from Innovation; title: Marilyn Callahan.