Books
PeakCare staff's top pick books for child protection
Proactive Child Protection and Social Work
(Transforming Social Work Practice)
Liz Davies and Nora Duckett
(UK)
Social Work Theories in Context
(Creating Frameworks for Practice)
Karen Healy
(Australian)
In the Firing Line: Violence and Power in Child Protection Work
(Wiley Series in Child Care & Protection)
Janet Stanley and Chris Goddard
(Australian)
Reforming Child Protection
Bob Lonne
(Australian)
Signs of Safety:
A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework
Steve Edwards and Andrew Turnell
(Canadian and Australian)
Working with Denied Child Abuse:
The Resolutions Approach
Steve Edwards and Andrew Tunnell
(Canadian and Australian)
Building Solutions in Child Protective Services
Insoo Kim Berg
(US)
Good Practice in Child Protection
Clare Tilbury et al
(Australian)
Preparing for Practice: Good reads to have at hand!
Katherine, Practicum Student 2010 recommends:
Fook, J. 2002, Social work: critical theory and practice, SAGE, London
McDonald, C. 2007, 'This is Who We are and This is What We Do: Social Work Education and Self-Efficacy', Australian Social Work, vol. 60, 20.1, pp 83-93.
Trevithick, P. 2005, Social Work Skills: A practice handbook, Open University Press, Maidenhead.