Abstract
From its inception, the social work profession has been both committed to improving the well-being of children and to using an interdisciplinary approach. Social workers commonly practice in non-social work host institutions such as health, education, mental health and courts, reinforcing the importance of social workers to embrace a multidisciplinary approach. Social work practice today continues to be deeply concerned with children’s well-being. In this chapter we discuss three distinct strategies that are currently used in social work practice to improve the lives of children: child rights, social exclusion, and family policy. The strengths of each of these approaches to child well-being is considered as well as its implications for social work practice with children.
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Kamerman, S.B., Gatenio-Gabel, S. (2014). Social Work and Child Well-Being. In: Ben-Arieh, A., Casas, F., Frønes, I., Korbin, J. (eds) Handbook of Child Well-Being. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_22
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