Re-imagining Child Protection : Towards Humane Social Work with Families

Name: Re-imagining Child Protection : Towards Humane Social Work with Families
Brand: Bristol University Press

Bristol University Press

Why has the language of the child and of child protection become so hegemonic? What is lost and gained by such language? Who is being protected, and from what, in a risk society? Given that the focus is overwhelmingly on those families who are multiply deprived, do services reinforce or ameliorate such deprivations? And is it ethical to remove children from their parents in a society riven by inequalities? This timely book challenges a child protection culture that has become mired in muscular authoritarianism towards multiply deprived families. It calls for family-minded humane practice where children are understood as relational beings, parents are recognized as people with needs and hopes and families as carrying extraordinary capacities for care and protection. The authors, who have\n\nRe-imagining Child Protection\nTowards Humane Social Work with Families\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;