Effective participatory practice : family group conferencing in child protection
Connolly, Marie
Effective participatory practice : family group conferencing in child protection Connolly, Marie; McKenzie, Margaret - New York Aldine de Gruyter 1999 - xvi, 140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Modern applications of social work .
Level 3. NZ focus.
Family participation in child protection The New Zealand experience Indigenous influences in child protection International developments Emerging complexities of family decision-making practice Visionary professional practice Harnessing streng
Increasingly child protection workers are sharing power with families. The Family Group Conference is the New Zealand practice innovation that brings together the family and the professional in a shared decision-making forum. This book, by two New Zealand authors, describes the development of this process. It explores practice developments that have influenced the New Zealand model. It then considers in detail the New Zealand experience of family group conferencing, and describes a model of family decision-making: Effective Participatory Practice (EPP) which critically considers the FGC process and the linking of models of empowerment, family participation and partnerships in child protection.
xxu
9780202361086 (pbk.)
CHILD PROTECTION
FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES
SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN
SOCIAL WORK
NEW ZEALAND
361.32 EFF
Effective participatory practice : family group conferencing in child protection Connolly, Marie; McKenzie, Margaret - New York Aldine de Gruyter 1999 - xvi, 140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Modern applications of social work .
Level 3. NZ focus.
Family participation in child protection The New Zealand experience Indigenous influences in child protection International developments Emerging complexities of family decision-making practice Visionary professional practice Harnessing streng
Increasingly child protection workers are sharing power with families. The Family Group Conference is the New Zealand practice innovation that brings together the family and the professional in a shared decision-making forum. This book, by two New Zealand authors, describes the development of this process. It explores practice developments that have influenced the New Zealand model. It then considers in detail the New Zealand experience of family group conferencing, and describes a model of family decision-making: Effective Participatory Practice (EPP) which critically considers the FGC process and the linking of models of empowerment, family participation and partnerships in child protection.
xxu
9780202361086 (pbk.)
CHILD PROTECTION
FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES
SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN
SOCIAL WORK
NEW ZEALAND
361.32 EFF