{"product_id":"community-work-approaches-to-child-welfare-paperback-softback-9781551114538","title":"Community Work Approaches to Child Welfare (Paperback \/ softback) 9781551114538","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunity Work Approaches to Child Welfare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Wharf (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781551114538\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunity Work Approaches to Child Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e presents a number of case studies that illustrate alternative approaches to child welfare that recognizes the strengths and tenacity of families who live in resource poor and essentially unfriendly environments (and that would drive middle class professionals to distraction!). The strengths of these families can be harnessed to improve their situation and that of others. Community work approaches are provided by accessible organizations that involve families in the design and implementation of programs that affect them and that are dedicated to developing the capacity of communities to care for children and families. The case studies range from urban child welfare agencies in Toronto and Winnipeg, to the rural setting of Hazelton, B.C. and to examples of First Nation communities that have taken control of child welfare. The studies are written by Canadian scholars who are widely recognized for their innovative research and writing in community work and child welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunity Work Approaches to Child Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e is also an indictment of the policies and practices that now govern the provision of child welfare services in Canada. The indictment argues that the policies that hold parents, and particularly single parent women, responsible for the care of their children without regard for the circumstances in which these families live is neither realistic nor helpful. It further holds that individualized and office-based practice dominated by a paradigm of risk turns clients into objects thereby robbing them of their dignity and strengths. Community approaches make a viable alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction, by Brian Wharf \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2. Getting to Now: Children in Distress in Canada's Past, by Veronica Strong-Boag \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3. Community Social Work in Two Provinces \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp style='\"margin-left:'\u003eI. The Neighbourhood House Project in Victoria and the Hazelton Office of the Ministry for Children and Families, Brian Wharf\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp style='\"margin-left:'\u003eII. Community Child Welfare: Examples from Quebec, by Linda Davies, Karen Fox, Julia Krane, and Eric Shragge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4. Community Organizing in Child Welfare\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp style='\"margin-left:'\u003eI. Changing Local Environments and Developing Community Capacity, by Brad McKenzie \u003cbr\u003e  II. Child Protection Through Strengthening Communities: The Toronto Children's Aid Society, by Bill Lee and Sharon Richards\u003cbr\u003e  III. Learning from the Past \/ Visions for the Future: The Black Community and Child Welfare in Nova Scotia, by Candace Bernard and Wanda Thomas Bernard\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5. Community Control of Child Welfare: Two Case Studies of Child Welfare in First Nations Communities\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp style='\"margin-left:'\u003eI. Watching Over Our Families and Children: Lalum'util' Smun'eem Child and Family Services, by Leslie Brown, Lise Haddock, and Margaret Kovach\u003cbr\u003e  II. Building Community in West Region Child and Family Services, by Brad McKenzie \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6. Searching for Common Ground: Family Resource Programs and Child Welfare, by Janice McAulay \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7. Building a Case for Community Approaches to Child Welfare, Brian Wharf \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContributors \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619270881560,"sku":"9781551114538","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/community-work-approaches-to-child-welfare-paperback-softback-9781551114538","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}