Social Work Reclaimed: Innovative Frameworks for Child and Family Social Work Practice de Karen Gaughan

Social Work Reclaimed: Innovative Frameworks for Child and Family Social Work Practice

Contribuţii de Karen Gaughan, Stewart McCafferty, Martin Purbrick Editat de Steve Goodman Contribuţii de Sonya Kalyniak, Nick Pendry, Charlie Clayton, Karen Schiltroth, Julie Rooke Editat de Isabelle Trowler Contribuţii de Rick Mason, Timo Dobrowolski

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2011

Observăm în lucrarea Social Work Reclaimed o schimbare de paradigmă în asistența socială dedicată protecției copilului, oferind o documentare detaliată a modelului Reclaiming Social Work (RSW). Față de literatura existentă, acest volum nu se limitează la teorie, ci prezintă implementarea practică a unui sistem care a obținut recunoaștere la nivel național în Regatul Unit după succesul pilotului din Hackney. Găsim aici o explicație riguroasă a modului în care unitățile de asistență socială, compuse din echipe multidisciplinare de clinicieni și terapeuți, pot colabora sub îndrumarea unui consultant pentru a menține integritatea familiei.

Structura cărții reflectă o progresie logică de la fundamentul metodologic la aplicații specifice. Capitolele tratează teme esențiale precum intervențiile bazate pe comportament (Teoria Învățării Sociale) și centralitatea relațiilor în serviciile de asistență post-instituționalizare. Considerăm că această abordare completează perspectiva oferită de Effective Social Work with Children, Young People and Families, adăugând un cadru operațional concret pentru inovația locală recomandată de raportul Munro, acolo unde alte lucrări rămân adesea la nivelul evaluărilor unificate.

Comparativ cu Systemic Social Work Practice, care se concentrează pe traducerea teoriei sistemice în practica relațională generală, volumul editat de Isabelle Trowler și Steve Goodman oferă o structură organizațională specifică și soluții pentru managementul riscului în instituții publice. Este o resursă care demonstrează cum teoria sistemelor poate fi transformată într-un model de lucru sustenabil, punând accent pe continuitate și momentum în intervențiile sociale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781849052023
ISBN-10: 1849052026
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 116 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte profesioniștilor și decidenților din asistența socială care caută o alternativă viabilă la modelele birocratice tradiționale. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modelului RSW, învățând cum să restructureze echipele pentru a prioritiza munca clinică directă cu familiile. Este un ghid esențial pentru modernizarea serviciilor de protecție a copilului, oferind dovezi concrete despre eficiența abordării sistemice în gestionarea riscului.

Despre autor

Isabelle Trowler și Steve Goodman sunt figuri centrale în reforma asistenței sociale din Anglia, fiind fondatori ai Morning Lane Associates. Trowler a ocupat funcția de Chief Social Worker for Children and Families în cadrul Guvernului Britanic, aducând o experiență vastă în implementarea strategiilor la nivel înalt. Împreună cu o echipă de experți din instituții precum Great Ormond Street Hospital, aceștia au transformat experiența practică din districtul Hackney într-un model academic și operațional respectat internațional.

Descriere

Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) is a radical new system for delivering child and family social work in the UK. The system was first piloted in the London Borough of Hackney and the model has gained national recognition. At the heart of this innovative system is the endeavour to keep children together with their families.

This book sets out what the Reclaiming Social Work model is, how it was implemented, and how it works. It explains the RSW system of social work 'units' made up of clinicians and therapists and headed by a consultant social worker, and demonstrates how it has worked in practice. The evidence base and theories underlying the model are also explained. Several chapters are written by consultant social workers with extensive experience of working within RSW, which outline the methodological approaches used.

This book on a pioneering new social work model will be of great interest to social work managers, policymakers and academics.

Recenzii

This book is the account of how the London Borough of Hackney took up the same challenge in its children's services. It brings seriously good news from every point of view. From a professional perspective, it offers a model of practice that is coherent, ethical and effective in changing people's lives. From a managerial perspective, it demonstrates how to produce change in a large bureaucratic organisation, to make it more effective and simultaneously save resources of time and money. From a political perspective, it takes social workout of the hair of politicians and out of the media limelight.
Reclaiming Social Work is the answer provided in the London Borough of Hackney. The editors and Debra Philip (the latter of whom the book is dedicated to) led a radical change to the delivery of social work services in the borough. An evaluation in 2010 found that since the introduction of the model there had been a reduction in costs fewer children in public care, a reduction in staff sickness and improvements in practice... this is a stimulating and at times inspiring read to be recommended to practitioners, managers and policy makers.
Social Work Reclaimed sets out the "story" of the Reclaiming Social Work model from its pilot in the London Borough of Hackney to its position as an internationally recognised progressive model of social work. The contributors to the book illuminate the reader about the methodology, values and practicalities of the operational model of Reclaiming Social Work that Hackney rolled out...Social Work Reclaimed will interest any practitioner who is concerned with the challenge for social workers to effect change in complex family systems. It should also be essential reading for anyone who is interested in an evidence-based alternative to how child and family statutory services are currently organised, and how the future of social work could be shaped to be a more positive experience for families in crisis and social workers themselves.
This book offers an exciting and persuasive account of how children and their families can receive better help from social workers... [It] shows one successful way of reforming social work to produce not just a happier workforce but, more importantly, happier children, young people and families.
Edited by two of the key innovators in child and family services in England, this book could not be more timely. The Munro Review of child protection in England has recommended a sea change in the way services are designed, with an emphasis on local innovation. That Steve Goodman and Isabelle Trowler achieved such a system redesign whilst under the strictures of a particularly pernicious centralised regime is a noteworthy, indeed remarkable, achievement. Managers in children's services need to see design as their day job, and they need to design around the needs of families. This book is indispensable for social work managers, social workers and academics. Buy it, read it, do it.

Cuprins

Foreword. Eileen Munro. Introduction. Isabelle Trowler and Steve Goodman, Morning Lane Associates, UK. 2. A Systems Methodology for Child and Family Social Work. Isabelle Trowler and Steve Goodman. 3. Systemic Practice in a Risk Management Context. Nick Pendry, Institute of Family Therapy, London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, London. 4. Behavioural-based Interventions: Social Learning Theory. Stewart McCafferty, The Attachment Practice. 5. Stories Lived, Stories Told: Using a Systemic Approach to Case Recording in the Social Work Unit. Julie Rooke, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. 6. Preconditions: Structure, Continuity and Momentum. Karen Schiltroth, London Borough of Hackney, Children and Young People's Services. 7. Working with People in Transition. Timo Dobrowolski, London Borough of Hackney, Children and Young People's Services. 8. The Centrality of Relationships. Karen Gaughan and Sonya Kalyniak, London Borough of Hackney Leaving Care Service. 9. Liberated Thinking within a Social Work Unit. Rick Mason, London Borough of Hackney, Children and Young People's Services. 10. Helping People Move Beyond Their Own Histories. Martin Purbrick, independent social work consultant. 11. Seen and Heard: The Unfolding Story of Reclaiming Social Work Through the Eyes of a Children’s Practitioner. Charlie Clayton, London Borough of Hackney, Children and Young People's Services. 12. Conclusion and Reflections on Our Journey. Isabelle Trowler and Steve Goodman. List of Contributors. Index.