First published in 1970, this book gives a detailed account of residential work with children. The author looks at various kinds of residential institutions, the needs of the children, and the ways in which these needs are met. This book will be a valuable read for students and researchers of social work and sociology.
First published in 1970, Residential Life with Children gives a detailed account of residential work with children. The author looks at various kinds of residential institutions, the needs of the children, and the ways in which these needs are met. A section is devoted to important questions concerning the institution and its staff, and there is a full examination of residential care as a method of social work. The discussion is set within the framework of relevant theory, and the influences of Social Service and Government organizations are fully considered. This book will be a valuable read for students and researchers of social work and sociology.
Arvustused
Review of the first publication:
A comprehensive account of residential work with children which looks in detail at the characteristics of the job, its functions and tasks and what resources the individual worker and the unit need to fulfil their tasks. The book is a masterpiecepacked with valuable matter
Joan Edmonds, Social Work Today
1. The scope of residential work with children
2. Provision for
childrens needsI
3. Provision for childrens needsII
4. Provision for
childrens needsIII
5. The residential workers task
6. Staff and unit
7.
Unit, agency and institution
8. Problems of residential work
9. Residential
work problems with wider implications
10. Suggestions for further reading
Christopher Beedell, at the time of the first publication, was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Administration and Social Work, University of Bristol, UK.
