Care in Social Work with Children and Families

Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change
Langbeschreibung
This book analyses the types of and possibilities for care in social work with families in situations where evidence-based programmes, standardized forms of risk-assessment and intervention, performance management and incentives to increase cost-effectiveness take precedence.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
0.Preface - Exploring care in social work with families. 1.Care in social work with families in advanced capitalist welfare states. 2.A theory of care for social work with families. 3.Care as a relational practice: the possibility of solidary authority. 4.Emotional practices and the economy of care and sympathy. 5.Systemic temporal constructions and care. 6.Spaces of care: Mediating practices, relationships and knowledge. 7.A framework for exploring and developing the power of care in social work.
Maria Appel Nissen (b. 1971) is PhD in Sociology and Professor of Social Work at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University. She has over 20 years of experience in research on social work with children and families with a particular interest in knowledge, power, conflicts and the possibility of a holistic view on social problems and human beings. Before that she was an independent consultant conducting evaluations of social work with vulnerable children, young people and families (1997-2001). She is the head of the research group Shaping Concepts, Practices, and Advances in Social Work (SCOPAS) and of the Bachelor of Social Work at Aalborg University, and has many years of experience in teaching and supervising social workers at all levels.
ISBN-13:
9781032308715
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.04.2023
Seiten:
122
Autor:
Maria Appel Nissen
Gewicht:
381 g
Format:
234x156x10 mm
Sprache:
Englisch

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