Moving toward positive systems of child and family welfare current issues and future directions (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-371) and index
Introduction: Finding a fit : family realities and service responses / Gary Cameron, Nick Coady, and Gerald R. Adams -- Positive possibilities for child and family welfare : expanding the Anglo-American child protection paradigm / Gary Cameron ... [et al.] -- Mothers and child welfare child placements / Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron -- Aboriginal child welfare / Deena Mandell ... [et al.] -- Using intermediary structures to support families : an international comparison of practice in child protection / Nancy Freymond -- Service participant voices in child welfare, children's mental health, and psychotherapy / Marshall Fine, sally Palmer, and Nick Coady -- Placement decisions and the child welfare worker : constructing identities for survival / Nancy Freymond -- Understanding and preventing burnout and employee turnover / Cheryl Harvey and Carol A. Stalker -- Pathways to residential children's mental health services : parents' perceptions of service availability and treatment outcomes / Karen M. Frensch ... [et al.] -- Fundamental considerations for child and family welfare / Nick Coady, Gary Cameron, and Gerald R. Adams
Faced with rapidly changing social and economic conditions, service professionals, policy developers, and researchers have raised significant concerns about the Canadian child welfare system. This book draws inspiration from experiences with three broad, international child welfare paradigms - child protection, family service, and community healing/caring (First Nations) - to look at how specific practices in other countries, as well as alternative experiments in Canada, might foster positive innovations in the Canadian child welfare approach.; Foundational values and purposes, systems design and policy, and organisation and management are discussed, as are front-line service delivery, service provider work environments, and the realities of daily living for families. Informed by recent research, the contributors provide clear directions for policy, administration, and service-delivery reforms. Informing policy debates addressing child maltreatment and family welfare, this book will serve as a vital resource for managers, service providers, professionals, and students in the fields of social work, child and youth care, family studies, psychology, and special education