<p>References, index</p>

Introduction -- Child and family centred social work -- Hearing children's voices and respecting children's wishes and feelings -- Trust, communication and support -- Hearing children's voices and respecting children's wishes and feelings -- The legal framework, and putting it into practice -- Reflection : theory, knowledge, identity and power in working with children and families -- Assessment of parenting : constructing meaning from detail -- Narrative and understanding the family's world : questions and stories in working with children and families -- Social work and poverty : a complex relationship -- Social work and the management of risk, and support for colleagues -- Risk in child and family social work -- The idea of risk and uncertainty in social work -- Risk in child and family social work -- Probability and prevention -- Working with resistance : the challenge of working with involuntary service users Drugs and alcohol and child and family social work -- Being in care and going home : working with parents towards reunification -- Supporting others in their professional development conclusion.