Family Group Conferences in Social Work: Involving Families in Social Care Decision Making
Deanna Edwards and Kate Parkinson
Abstract
Family group conferences (FGCs) are a strengths based approach to social work practice, empowering families to take responsibility for decision-making. It is a cost-effective service, which is currently used by the majority of local authorities. This book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family-led decision-making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of FGCs into a single text. The book also covers topics such as the use of FGCs in different areas of children and families social work, uses case studies to illustrate current practice, an ... More
Family group conferences (FGCs) are a strengths based approach to social work practice, empowering families to take responsibility for decision-making. It is a cost-effective service, which is currently used by the majority of local authorities. This book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family-led decision-making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of FGCs into a single text. The book also covers topics such as the use of FGCs in different areas of children and families social work, uses case studies to illustrate current practice, and explores whether FGCs should become a mainstream function of children and families social work.
Keywords:
family group conferences,
social work practice,
families,
family decision-making,
children,
FGCs
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447335801 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2019 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447335801.001.0001 |
