Family Group Conferences in Social Work: Involving Families in Social Care Decision Making

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This insightful book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family led decision making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of family group conferences into a single text.

University of York Deanna Edwards is a qualified social worker with extensive experience of using family group conferences (FGCs) in the area of child protection. She has spent a number of years training FGC practitioners in the UK. Kate Parkinson qualified as a social worker in 1998. She has worked within the field of children and families social work for 15 years before taking up her post at the University of Salford. Kate has worked within the areas of child protection, early intervention and looked after children.

"This book brings together a wide range of practitioner and academic detailed expertise - a must read for students and practitioners alike." Dr Andrew Wills, University of Plymouth