Beyond Child Rescue: Developing Family-Centred Practice at St Luke's

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Child protection has failed our abused and neglected children. Increasing numbers of families come under the scrutiny of child protection services, yet few receive the help they need. We know that removing children at risk is usually a poor solution, but what can welfare workers do instead?St Luke's Family Care, a leading Australian child welfare agency, has developed a way of working with families whose children have been abused or neglected. Beyond Child Rescueshows how their skilful staff work with 'hard to reach' families to build on their strengths and enable them to retain their children and ensure their well-being.With detailed case studies and background material, Beyond Child Rescueis a valuable guide to innovative family-centred practice in child protection.Di O'Neil is Director of Client Services at St Luke's Family Care and Dorothy Scott is from the Children, Young People and Families Research Unit in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne.Beyond Child Rescueis a very useful book that contributes much to practitioners and administrators as well as students and teachers in child and family welfare in Australia and other countries. Professor Tony Maluccio, Boston CollegeBeyond Child Rescuecombines experience and practical wisdom with the products of research and is an extremely valuable contribution to the child and family welfare field. Lloyd Owen, Editor, Children Australia