1st Edition

Social Work in Child Care

By Elisabeth Pugh Copyright 1968
130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

In the late 1960s the child care service had undergone considerable change, and was to change again after the Seebohm Committee had reported. Yet its central tasks had become clear: preventive work; the reception of children into care, work with them and their parents during the period of care; the selection of foster parents; work with foster parents, and with residential staff; and adoption.... Read more

General Editor’s Introduction.  1. Introduction and History  2. Working with Parents and Children at Home  3. Reception into Care  4. The Child in Care and His Family  5. Foster Care  6. Residential Care  7. Adoption  8. The Children’s Department.  Suggestions for Further Reading.  Bibliography.

Biography

Elisabeth Pugh