Part of a new Social Work Pocketbook series this is a succinct and handy guide to setting up and managing contact visits with looked after children. Realistic about the day-to-day challenges associated with this fundamental aspect of working in children and families services, this book is easy to use and supports social workers and non-social work staff at all levels.Useful features include:
Written by an author with hands-on and extensive experience, this pocketbook will assist students and professionals in:
- Practical examples, advice and tips
- Examples of good practice
- Examples of common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Point of law reminders
- Checklists for easy reference when you are in a hurry
"This easy to read, easy to understand book is accessible to all students who are beginning a placement and need to understand the legislation and philosophy behind contact provision, with excellent tips on how to supervise contact. Invaluable."
- Deciding who to involve, and where the contact should take place
- Supporting relationships to achieve the overall aims of the careplan
- Assessing a young person’s needs in relation to contact
- Drawing up the contact agreement
- Evaluating and recording contact
Paula Beesley, Freelance Practice Educator, North Yorkshire"Scott has provided a useful daily tool for professionals … by capturing the everyday issues faced by workers. She has created a working insight of the policies and procedures used by various statutory and voluntary agencies and made them easy to read and understandable."
Louisa Saunders, Newly Qualified Social Worker
- ISBN13 9780335245239
- Publish Date 16 August 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 December 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Open University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 136
- Language English