Social Work with Children and Their Families

An extensively revised version of the first edition, this text focuses on the practical foundational knowledge required to practise social work effectively in the complex and fast-changing world of services to children and their families. The core organising framework consists of eight pragmatic perspectives: combating adultcentrism, family-centered practice, the strengths perspective, respect for diversity and difference, the least restrictive alternative, ecological perspective, organisation and financing, and achieving outcomes.