Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of current research on the efficacy of child welfare services
- Includes the latest field-tested evidence in child welfare
- Presents evidence-informed interventions to enhance the well-being of children
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Context for Providing Evidence-Informed Assessments for Children and Families
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Field-Tested Evidence-Informed Assessments
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Field-Tested Evidence-Informed Interventions
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Keywords
- Child Maltreatment
- Child Sex Abuse
- Child Welfare Practice
- Child and Adolescent Social Work
- Contributing Factors to Child Abuse
- Evidence-Informed Assessments for Children
- Issues and Implementation in Child Protective Services
- Multi-problem Families
- Parent Training
- Risk Assessment
- Service Delivery in Child Welfare
- Social Work Interventions
- Social Work Practice
- Substance Use and Abuse
About this book
This practice-oriented text presents evidence-based assessment methods and interventions that have been extensively field-tested in child welfare settings. The contributors offer empirical and field insights, comprehensive treatment models, and curricula in key areas such as child maltreatment, substance abuse, parent training, social skills, and youth employment interventions. For the professional reader, the book offers real-world guidance on social work practice, from hiring opportunities within a system to promoting lasting change as families and their issues grow increasingly complex. These chapters also take significant steps toward future improvements in child protection systems as the field evolves toward being more coordinated, effective, and professional.
Included in the coverage:
- Legal requisites for social work practice in child abuse and neglect.
- The integrated model for human service delivery in child welfare.
- Risk assessment: issues and implementation in child protective services.
- Substance use and abuse: screening tools and assessment instruments.
- The process of intervention with multi-problem families.
- Preventative services for children and adolescents.
Its multi-level approach makes Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare an essential professional development text for social workers, particularly those new to the job, as well as a progressive blueprint for social work administrators.
Reviews
“Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare provides an interesting and informed discussion of evidence-informed practices allowing readers to understand how to apply these practices in their own work. The authors’ focus on how to apply these practices provides an informative and useful perspective that adds to the child welfare literature. … the text will still be of interest to students, practitioners, and administrators who are interested in the balance between research, supported interventions, clinical expertise, and client/family needs.” (Terry V. Shaw, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60 (48), November, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare
Editors: John S. Wodarski, Michael J. Holosko, Marvin D. Feit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12045-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12044-7Published: 17 February 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36496-4Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12045-4Published: 28 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 304
Topics: Social Work, Family, Psychotherapy