Deciding Children's Futures - An Expert Guide to Assessments for Safeguarding and Promoting Children's Welfare in the Family Court (Paperback)

Deciding Children's Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating parents are contesting arrangements for the care of their children. This is a practitioner's guide: it discusses how to create relationships that are capable of breaching natural parental defences to assessment; the importance of keeping an open mind, how to ask questions that fathom people's experiences, and how to develop understanding of their histories, narratives, worries, hopes and fears. Joyce Scaife's approach draws on practice knowledge, theory and research findings with a view to integrating the accounts of parents and children with safeguarding imperatives and government guidance, thereby enabling professionals to make informed decisions designed to impact positively on children's futures. This accessible and comprehensive book will be of great interest to 'expert' witnesses, practising social workers, children's guardians, solicitors, barristers, magistrates and mental health professionals. Joyce Scaife is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience in carrying out assessments for the family court. She is former Director of Clinical Practice for the Doctor of Clinical Psychology training course at the University of Sheffield.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Joyce Scaife
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-59634-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Family law Promotions
LSN:	0-415-59634-3
Barcode:	9780415596343

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