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Peer reviewedBloom, Robert B. – Child Welfare, 1992
Presents practical suggestions for managing a protective service agency for children when one of its staff members is accused of sexually abusing a child in residential care. The agency must balance the tasks of protecting the child, supporting the staff, and maintaining the integrity and reputation of the agency. (GLR)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Child Safety, Child Welfare
McBroom, Elizabeth, Ed. – Social Work Papers, 1983
Reflecting the current state of theory and practice in child welfare in Canada, these eight papers suggest a contemporary view of Canadian children and the contexts in which they develop as defined by legal rights and society. First, Henry S. Maas argues that attention to normal social development and its contexts, and to related ongoing theory…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Community Action, Community Services
Maluccio, Anthony N., Ed.; Sinanoglu, Paula A., Ed. – 1981
The 11 papers assembled in this volume reflect the readiness of professional social work to develop practice approaches for working with parents of children in foster care. The papers were written from different perspectives, emphasize diverse aspects of foster care, and disagree on many issues. A unifying theme exists, however, in the shared…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Biological Parents, Caseworker Approach, Ecological Factors
Peer reviewedGuldager, Lars; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Community residences for small groups of people and day activity programs designed to increase functional levels for severely multiply handicapped persons with visual problems, are proposed as the only viable, humane alternative to institutionalization. Sources of funding for these goup home and day activity programs, which cost the same as…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blindness, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1982
This report reviews the existing provision of caring courses in Great Britain, analyzes the curriculum of such courses, identifies curriculum overlap, and suggests an alternative one-year vocational preparation course. The seven courses examined deal with maternal and child welfare, prenursing and nursery care, personal health care, family health,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Course Content
Download full textWyse, Linda; Casarotto, Nadia – 2002
Australia's Aged Care Act of 1997 mandates a number of key reforms aimed at ensuring consistency in the quality of care and well-being for all residents of aged care facilities. The law required residential aged care facilities to provide high-quality care within a framework of continuous improvement which requires aged care workers to perform the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education
