Social Work with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

RAVI K.S KOHLI is Head of Department, Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire. His research interests include the well-being of refugee children and the ways in which practitioners understand and respond to these children's experiences. He is the Associate Editor of Child and Family Social Work.

• IntroductionUnaccompanied Asylum Seeking ChildrenThe Meaning of Resettlement for Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Young PeopleSocial Work with Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Young PeopleThe Social Workers, their Backgrounds and their Work ContextsThe Unaccompanied Minors and their CircumstancesSocial Work Practice with Unaccompanied Asylum SeekersConclusionsBibliography.

'Kohli has carried out research in the difficult area of social work with unaccompanied asylum seeking children...His findings will be of interest to a wide range of readers but of particular use to practitioners working with unaccompanied asylum seeker children.' - Dee Ohanlon, Journal of Social Work Practice 'Specialist literature for social workers is scarce, making Kohli's work an asset and this book essential reading.' - Karen Goodman, Children& Young People Now