gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Working in children's homes : challenges and complexities /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Living away from homePublication details: Chichester, U.K. ; New York : Wiley, c1998.Description: xii, 246 pages, illustrations, 23 cmISBN:
  • 0471979538 (paper)
  • 9780471979531:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.61 WHI
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.61 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 225998

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Powered by Koha