Effective Ways of Working with Children and their Families

Malcolm Hill is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. He edited Social Work and the European Community and was co-editor with Jane Aldgate of Child Welfare Services, published by Jessica Kingsley. He recently co-authored the book Middle Childhood and has co-edited Residential Child Care.

• 1. Effective Professional Intervention in Children's Lives, Malcolm Hill, University of Glasgow. 2. Working with Families in the Early Years, Helen Roberts, Barnados and Geraldine Macdonald, University of Bristol. 3. Working with Social Networks, Robbie Gilligan, Trinity College, Dublin. 4. Community Work with Children, Paul Henderson, Community Development Foundation. 5. Social Learning and Behavioural Approaches to Work with Children and Families, David Gough, London University. 6. Family Mediation Involving Children, Margaret Robinson, Family Mediator, Winchester. 7. Family Therapy, Arlene Vetere, University of Reading. 8. Educational Services for Children with Emotional or Behavioural Difficulties, Gwynnedd Lloyd and Pamela Munn, Institute of Education, Edinburgh. 9. Youth Work: Young People and Transitions to Adulthood, Simon Bradford, Brunel University. 10. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services, Joanne Barton, University of Glasgow. 11. Treatment Issues in Child Sexual Abuse, Kathleen Murray, University of Glasgow. 12. Work with Fostered Children and their Families, David Berridge, University of Luton. 13. Work with Children in Residential Care and their Families, Roger Bullock, Dartington Social Research Unit. 14. Towards Effective Ways of Working with Children and their Families, Malcolm Hill, University of Glasgow. Index.

This is not a dry academic research methodology textbook... With the range of interactions between the individual and the environment that are described in this ambitious book, it is remarkable that strong themes emerge successfully about ways of working with children and families... This book is a timely review, complementing current governmental guidelines on family assessment (DOH, 2000), and is essential reading for those who wish to inform their judgement, policy and practice.