Bringing together a range of perspectives from practice, lived experience and academia, this is an accessible and timely guide to children's services reform. Critically considering the impact of the MacAlister Review, the book highlights both the positive and negative aspects of reform, before...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Sen, Robin (HerausgeberIn), Kerr, Christian (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bristol Policy Press 2023
Ausgabe:	First published
Zusammenfassung:	Bringing together a range of perspectives from practice, lived experience and academia, this is an accessible and timely guide to children's services reform. Critically considering the impact of the MacAlister Review, the book highlights both the positive and negative aspects of reform, before setting out alternative policy and practice directions. Front Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: critical perspectives on children's services reform -- Introduction -- The chapters in the collection -- References -- 2 Where now? Children's rights in England into the 2020s -- Introduction -- Call for a children's rights-based review -- Children's services as red tape -- Moving children's services from local authorities -- Bonfire of children's rights -- Here we go again - and again and again -- No new funding for children and their families -- Family rights as a means to protect (or evade) children's rights -- Contracting of care -- Children's voices and experiences -- Whack-a-mole -- References -- 3 More of memes than schemes: networked propagation in children's social care -- Introduction -- Network society -- Proliferation -- Children's social care -- Reclaiming social work -- High-quality -- MacAlister Review -- Safe and stable -- Other memes -- Memes or schemes? -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 4 Reclaiming social work, the social work complex and issues of bias in children's services -- Introduction -- Evidence Based Practice and the search for unbiased knowledge -- Social work reclaimed? -- Connections within a complex -- The MacAlister Review and the social work complex -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Humane social work practice: a more parent friendly system? Hopes and challenges in the 2020s -- Introduction -- Challenges -- Lack of support -- Poor capacity available within the workforce to build relationships -- Feeling sceptical -- Hope -- Ultimately, it all comes down to relationships -- Parent advocacy -- A return to values and an emphasis on the value of lived experience -- References.
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (XIV, 222 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781447368274 9781447368281