Ten top tips for making matches eBook only

The Ten Top Tips series considers some of the fundamental themes in child care practice in concise, practical guides ideal for busy practitioners.

One of the most far-reaching decisions that social workers make is the selection of a new permanent family for a child in care. But in family-finding, there are no right and wrong answers. A match is a “social experiment”, with no clear predictors of success. So what can social workers do to try and ensure the best match?

This book considers the needs of both children and adults and explores how a balance in meeting both can be maintained. It clarifies the issues and develop practice, by looking at some fundamental steps that workers can take to ensure that the matching process is as well thought through and carefully considered as possible.

This book is for all practitioners and social work managers involved in making matches.

This book is available as an eBook only. It can be downloaded free by CoramBAAF members from the members’ area of the website or purchased below.

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