Sense and Sensibility in Social Work with Families and Children

Sara Serbati is Professor in Associate Professor of Social Pedagogy in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Science at the University of Padua.Edgar Marthinsen is Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.Brid Featherstone is is Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Huddersfield.

• Introductory chapter - Edgar MarthinsenPart 1: Sense and sensibility as epistemology for social work1.Reflections on the possibilities and challenges offered by a social model of protecting children - Brid Featherstone, Anna Gupta and Kate Morris2.The virtuous cycle of using supportive measures to reduce red tape and meet families’ needs - Edgar Marthinsen3.The potential of practice research to advance a Framework for Protective Support and Supportive Protection (PS-SP) with Children, Young People, and Families - Carmel Devaney and Caroline McGregor4.Rethinking the meaning of institutionalization in child protection - Francesca Maci and Paola MilaniPart 2: Sense and sensibility as practice 5.Towards collaborative and innovative practice improvement paradigm in child protection? - Päivi Petrelius, Laura Yliruka, Kaarina Mönkkönen6.Participative and Transformative Evaluation: children, families, and practitioners as co-researchers through ‘reflective thinking’ processes - Sara Serbati7.Community Mapping as a participative tool to enhance informal social support: possible pathways for practitioners - Andrea Petrella8.The training of trainers as a way to share sense and sensibility in the programme P.I.P.P.I. - Marco Ius9.Care leavers in the Italian child protection system: from action research to advocacy of more inclusive policies and relationships through participatory processes - Federico Zullo, Martina Sabetta, Samanta Ferri, Diletta Mauri10.A mind for learning and innovation - Lena A. Ulfseth, Willy Lichtwarck, Anne Moe and Edgar Marthinsen11.Group work with children and vulnerable families - Nuria Fuentes-Peláez, Sara Pérez, Judit Rabassa, Belén Parra, Gemma Crous, Paulo PadillaEpilogue