Working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children : issues for policy and practice /

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Imprint:Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description:xviii, 160 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6638547
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Other authors / contributors:Kohli, Ravi.
Mitchell, Fiona, 1974-
ISBN:1403997543 (alk. paper)
9781403997548 (alk. paper)
1403997551 (pbk.)
9781403997555 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Telling the Stories of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children
  • 2. The Legal and Policy Frameworks that Govern Social Work with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children in England
  • 3. Practitioner Stories
  • 4. Assessment Practice with Unaccompanied Children: Exploring Exceptions to the Problem
  • 5. Therapeutic Encounters between Young People, Bilingual Co-workers and Practitioners
  • 6. Groupwork with Unaccompanied Young Women
  • 7. Friends and Family Care of Unaccompanied Children: Recognising the Possible and the Potential
  • 8. Using Foster Placements for the Care and Resettlement of Unaccompanied Children
  • 9. Leaving 'Care'? Transition Planning and Support for Unaccompanied Young People
  • 10. Looking Back, Looking Forward
  • Conclusion: Dwelling in Possibility
  • Index