Publisher's Synopsis
Part of a new Social Work Pocketbook series this is a succinct and handy guide to setting up and managing contact visits with looked after children. Realistic about the day-to-day challenges associated with this fundamental aspect of working in children and families services, this book is easy to use and supports social workers and non-social work staff at all levels.
Useful features include:
- Practical examples, advice and tips
- Examples of good practice
- Examples of common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Point of law reminders
- Checklists for easy reference when you are in a hurry
- Deciding who to involve, and where the contact should take place
- Supporting relationships to achieve the overall aims of the careplan
- Assessing a young person's needs in relation to contact
- Drawing up the contact agreement
- Evaluating and recording contact
Paula Beesley, Freelance Practice Educator, North Yorkshire
"Scott has provided a useful daily tool for professionals … by capturing the everyday issues faced by workers. She has created a working insight of the policies and procedures used by various statutory and voluntary agencies and made them easy to read and understandable."
Louisa Saunders, Newly Qualified Social Worker
