Children and Family Social Work

This book provides a review of up-to-date theoretical and research findings in child and family social work. It is part of Springer's Major Research Works series, with a focus on Social Work. It presents a critical analysis of emerging policy and methods of intervention for child and family wellbeing, resilience building, safeguarding and child protection, including global trends in childcare reform. Other areas of focus include, out of home care, family reintegration as well as recent debates around institutional care of children. Global policy developments and how these are transforming the way children are cared for in different parts of the world are discussed, including critical questions around social norms, interculture and cross-cultural issues, indigenist perspectives, ethics and values in social work with children and families. Chapters are drawn from experts in different parts of the world to provide a rich representation of varied perspectives on research and scholarshipin this field and demonstrate the implications for social work practice and policy developments.