The Key Texts: An Overview
Digest by Robert Shaw
The lessons which today’s child care professionals need to learn.
Teenagers and the Social Work Services:-by John Triseliotis
Digest by Robert Shaw
A thorough study of the effectiveness of services and what people thought of them.
Recognizing and Helping the Neglected Child:-by Brigid Daniel and others
Book Review by David Lane
Evidence-based practice for assessment and intervention.
Community Homes with Education - Reformation of the Approved Schools?
by Jim Hyland
The eighth in a series on the history of the approved school service
Closing children’s homes
Digest by Robert Shaw
A research report which demonstrated children’s need for residential care
Oranges and Sunshine
Film Review by Rosemary Lilley
A film to see, about child migration: unglamorised, unexaggerated and sobering
I Have Seen the Future in East Africa
by Dr Keith J. White
Home-grown services that meet children’s needs.
News Views
Including the impact of cuts, music teaching in London, the culling of the quangos, the soul of social work, joining …
Social Work in Scotland- Now an Online Challenge!
A novel way of involving the public in appreciating the complexity of social work decisions
‘Consequences’ by Elizabeth Reinach and Glyn Roberts
Digest by Robert Shaw
A study of the effectiveness of an observation and assessment centre
‘Leaving Care’ by Mike Stein and Kate Carey
Digest by Robert Shaw
Indicators for success- and failure- in aftercare
The Environment in Residential Child Care
by Robert Shaw
Children are not just individuals; their environment matters too.
News Views
Including a new residential care blog site, social work visits, the aftermath of crime, teddy bears and an anonymous staffing …
To Infinity and Beyond
by Kathleen Mulvey
How training can develop careers and education can open the eyes
Training of Child Welfare Workers in Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland
by Mervi Nyman
An explanation of the systems, the training, the competencies - and some of the problems
Training: A Good Dose of Medicine?
by Angie Bartoli
Will the Workforce recommendations make social work better?
Comments On the Adoption Story
What grandmother thought should be learnt by professionals
News Views
Including social pedagogy, respite care and work with children – the basic model
‘Residential Task in Child Care’ by Barbara Kahan and Geoff Banner
Digest by Robert Shaw
A landmark report that set professional standards for residential child care
Best Practice in Social Work: Critical Perspectives by K. Jones, B. Cooper, and H. Ferguson
Book Review by Sue Kennedy
Understanding the Abnormal : An Interview with Monika Niederle
The social pedagogy angle on the case of Josef Fritzl
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child :The Essential Role of Social Work
by David N. Jones
IFSW meets the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
