Research Catalog

Title

Working with vulnerable families : a partnership approach / edited by Fiona Arney and Dorothy Scott.

Publication

Port Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Arney, Fiona
• Scott, Dorothy, 1952-

Description

xxiv, 296 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Poverty, domestic violence, marginalisation and drug and alcohol dependence are just some of the issues faces by Australian families. This book provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to family-centred practice in Australia. It explores the ways in which health, education and social welfare professionals can support and protect children and their families.

Subject

• Family services
• Poor families > Services for
• Child welfare
• Family
• Social welfare > Social work and counselling
• Substance use > Social and economic aspects
• Family > Violence
• Child welfare > Adoption and fostering
• Sociology
• Family and Relationships

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-290) and index.

Contents

1. Think child, think family, think community / Dorothy Scott, Fiona Arney and Graham Vimpani -- 2. Working within and between organisations / Dorothy Scott -- 3. Family-centred practice in early childhood settings / Dorothy Scott -- 4. Including fathers in work with vulnerable families / Richard Fletcher -- 5. Parneting in a new culture: working with refugee families / Kerry Lewig, Fiona Areny, Mary Salveron and Maria Barredo -- 6. Working with Aboriginal families / Gary Robinson and Sarah Mares -- 7. Family decision-making approaches for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families / Fiona Arney, Alwin Chong and Kate McGuinness -- 8. The relationship between family support workers and families where child neglect is a concern / Elizabeth Reimer -- 9. Working with parents with substance misuse problems / Sharon Dawe and Paul Harnett -- 10. Children in the midst of family and domestic violence / Cathy Humphreys and Menka Tsantefski -- 11. Attachment theory: from concept to supporting children in out-of-home care / Sara McLean -- 12. Understanding the journey of parents whose children are in out-of-home care / Mary Salveron and Fiona Arney -- 13. Spreading and implementing promising approaches in child and family services / Fiona Arney and five others.

ISBN

• 9781107610668
• 1107610664

LCCN

2013426817

OCLC

• ocn866257051
• 866257051
• SCSB-1765230

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library