Publisher's Synopsis
Staff in children?s facilities within local authority, private and voluntary agencies are expected to deliver agreed outcomes for an increasingly complex and at times dangerous group of clients. How are good outcomes achieved? Research has suggested that a sound theoretical framework should underpin this work together with an understanding of relevant research studies, a dual framework from which the best practice can be derived. This book seeks to bring together the most helpful aspects of theory which enable staff to cope with the problems posed by difficult clients in residential, day and field settings. It also distills experience of many hours of teaching on Caldecott College programmes plus the practical application of theory to practice. The Dartington Social Research Unit proposed the idea of a college in their research into the Caldecott community where they found excellent practice and sound thinking which merited wider dissemination. The book seeks to present mainly psychodynamic theory in accessible language and with many practical case examples so that it is useful for anyone working with troubling and troublesome young people. The book also addresses many of the modules on the courses run by the college which are either accredited by the University of Greenwich or validated by the University of Exeter at Certificate, Diploma and Post-qualifying levels.
