Empowering practice?

This book examines the nature and meaning of 'empowerment' in the child welfare context using the family group conference approach to decision making in child welfare and protection. The authors evaluate the FGC approach so that current practice can be improved and lessons learned for other areas of work with children and families. Inhaltsverzeichnis The dilemma of empowerment; partnership and empowerment in children's services; lessons from New Zealand; empowering professionals; international perspectives; empowerment in process?; assessing outcomes in child welfare; empowering outcomes.