Working in children's homes : challenges and complexities /
Whitaker, Dorothy Stock, 1925-
Working in children's homes : challenges and complexities / - Chichester, U.K. ; New York : Wiley, c1998. - xii, 246 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. - Living away from home .
Includes bibliographical references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-242) and index.
1.Focusing on staff groups. 2.The homes, and the circumstances of the young people. 3.The range of tasks in day-to-day work. 4.Rewards and stresses, ups and downs, 5.Working with individual young people. 6.Working with the mix of young people. 7.Working with and being managed by the larger organisation. 8.Working with people and organisations in wider networks. 9.Maintaining viability as a staff team, in the face of change. 10.Working purposefully. 11.Building a picture of good practice. 12.Characteristics of good practice. 13.Factors which support or hinder good practice. 14,Factors which influence outcomes for individual young people. 15.The quality of homes as care settings. 16.General comments on the challenges and complexities which staff groups face in children's homes.
0471979538 (paper) 9780471979531: £16.99
98002638
Children--Institutional care--England.
Children--Institutional care.
Child care workers--Vocational guidance.
362.61 WHI
Working in children's homes : challenges and complexities / - Chichester, U.K. ; New York : Wiley, c1998. - xii, 246 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. - Living away from home .
Includes bibliographical references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-242) and index.
1.Focusing on staff groups. 2.The homes, and the circumstances of the young people. 3.The range of tasks in day-to-day work. 4.Rewards and stresses, ups and downs, 5.Working with individual young people. 6.Working with the mix of young people. 7.Working with and being managed by the larger organisation. 8.Working with people and organisations in wider networks. 9.Maintaining viability as a staff team, in the face of change. 10.Working purposefully. 11.Building a picture of good practice. 12.Characteristics of good practice. 13.Factors which support or hinder good practice. 14,Factors which influence outcomes for individual young people. 15.The quality of homes as care settings. 16.General comments on the challenges and complexities which staff groups face in children's homes.
0471979538 (paper) 9780471979531: £16.99
98002638
Children--Institutional care--England.
Children--Institutional care.
Child care workers--Vocational guidance.
362.61 WHI