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Author:   Nick Frost ,  Shaheen Abbott ,  Tracey Race
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780745672595

ISBN 10:   0745672590
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   02 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: Understanding Family Support Chapter One. The Historical, Social and Political Context of Family Support Chapter Two. The Contemporary Policy Context of Family Support: Conceptualizing Family Support Chapter Three. Researching Family Support: Process and Outcomes PART TWO: Delivering Family Support Chapter Four. Community-Based Projects: The Universal Provision of Family Support Chapter Five. Home Visiting: A Key Process in Providing Family Support Chapter Six. Parenting Education: A Universal or Targeted Service? Chapter Seven. Targeted Approaches: The ‘Troubled Families’ Initiative Chapter Eight. Relationship-Based Family Support: An Underpinning Approach to Family Support Chapter Nine. Family Group Conferences: Involving and Empowering Families PART THREE: Overarching Issues in Developing a Sustainable Approach to Family Support Chapter Ten. Multi-Disciplinary Working: Holistic Work with Families and Children Chapter Eleven. Developing the Family Support Workforce Conclusion: Family Support Past, Present and Future

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The authors offer a highly accessible account of the key features of family support and a very timely reminder of its importance to families and those working with them. Excellent and highly recommended. Brigid Featherstone, The Open University For all professionals with an interest in best practice, this book delivers in terms of `understanding and doing' Family Support in the real world. The reader is brought from policy contexts to direct work practices in a most informative fashion and with ease. Pat Dolan, National University of Ireland

The authors offer a highly accessible account of the key features of family support and a very timely reminder of its importance to families and those working with them. Excellent and highly recommended. Brigid Featherstone, The Open University For all professionals with an interest in best practice, this book delivers in terms of understanding and doing Family Support in the real world. The reader is brought from policy contexts to direct work practices in a most informative fashion and with ease. Pat Dolan, National University of Ireland

Author Information

Nick Frost is Professor of Social Work (Childhood, Children and Families) at Leeds Beckett University Shaheen Abbott is a Social Worker for Leeds City Council Tracey Race is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Leeds Beckett University

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