Book Reviews : Administration and Staff Supervision in the Child Care Service Priscilla Young, Joyce Warham and Dorothy Pettes Association of Child Care Officers, Monograph No. 2 3s. 6d
| Date | 01 March 1968 |
| Published date | 01 March 1968 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056801400122 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
pected
to
undergo
a
course
of
instruc-
ton.
But
can
we
really
be
happy
about
a
course
w.hich
can
be
completed
in
one
weekend’?
Sentencing
and
accumu-
lated
knowledge
about
Ü,
arse
sufficiency
complex
to
warrant
-training
more
de-
tailed
’than
that.
And
what
about
the
need
for
stipendiaries
to
have
a
similar
training?
There
is,
unfortunately,
still
widespread
currency
for
the
myth
that
a
barrister
with
long
experience
in
the
criminal
courts
&dquo;knows
the
criminal
mind&dquo;
and
is
thereby
qualified
to
pass
sentence.
Some
magistra,tes
arse
vitally
’interested
in
the
sentencing
process
and
have
become
experts
in
this
field,
but
of
how
many
can
this
be
said?
Sentencing
is,
of
course,
only
one
as-
pect
of
a
ma,gis,trate’s
job.
I
should
~re-
commend
.this
delightfully
readable
book
to
anyone
wishing
to
have
greater
un-
derstanding
of the
whole
range
of
ma,gis-
teria’I
functions.
MICHAEL
NAISH
Administration
and
Staff
Supervision
in
the
Child
Care
Service
Priscilla
Young,
Joyce
Warham
and
Dorothy
Pettes
Association
of
Child
Care
Officers,
Monograph
No. 2
3s.
6d.
There
appears
to
be
increasing
interest
t
in
the
functions
of
Supervising
Officers
in
the
Social
Services,
with
tithe
conse-
quent
publication
of
material
of
partic-
ular
interest
to
those
’who
are
having
to
do
the
supervising.
This
monograph
is
one
such
publication.
It
has
only
47
pages,
but
in
those
pages
are
brought
out
many
of
the
current
ideas
on
staff
supervision,
including
sections
on
the
role
of
the
senior,
the
&dquo;enabling&dquo;
func-
tions
of
the
supervisor,
the
.place
of
authority
in
social
work
administra~tion,
casework
supervision,
and
what
could
be
of
topical
interest
to
,the
probation
service,
a
section
on
evaluation.
The
material
in
the
pamphlet
is
made
up
of
six
papers,
three
given
at
a
course
,for
senior
staff
of
children’s
depart-
,ments
and
voluntary
societies,
and
three
igiven
at
a
&dquo;follow-up&dquo;
weekend
15
moths
later.
This
pamphlet,
costing
only
3s.
6d.
plus
postage,
is
well
worth
obtaining
from
the
Association
of
Child
Care
Officers,
The
Oxford
House,
Mape
Street,
London,
E.2.
H.H.
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