Social Work with Troubled Families: A Critical Introduction

edited by Keith Davies, fl. 2015 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 194 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: A critical introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP), this book explores the roots, significance and effectiveness of troubled family approaches in social work. An important strand of government social policy, the TFP gives rise to a number of ethical and political questions about assertive outreach, choice, use of power and eliding the structural inequalities which, it is often argued, largely account for the difficulties troubled families face. Social Work with Troubled Families: A Critical Introduction debates these issues, offers an examination of the systemic framework which underpins it and looks at the initiative in a broader context. This interdisciplinary study will be an important resource for social workers, social work students, practice educators and academics for its examination of practice methods. As an exploration of social policy it will appeal to social scientists and to policy makers along with those who seek to influence them.
Field of Interest: Social Work
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Content Type: Book
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 2015
Page Count: 194
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Place Published / Released: London, England
Subject: Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology & Counseling, Children and Families, Dysfunctional family, Macro