Reviews : Direct Work with Children
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058803500309 |
| Author | Rosemary Gordon,Jackie Kiggell |
| Published date | 01 September 1988 |
| Date | 01 September 1988 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Direct Work with Children
who may feel insecure with non-verbal com-
munication. It is not easy and there are import-
JANE ALDGATE AND JOHN SIMMONDS
ant messages in this book for workers and
Batsford, 1987; pb; £6.95
supervisors. It could have been so much better.
The strengths of the book are in restating
JACKIE KIGGELL
basic principles of social work practice, set in
Family Court Unit, Leicester
a relevant present-day context. For example,
ROSEMARY GORDON
chapter 1 explores the three popular current
Former Court Welfare Officer, Leicester
.
models of direct work practice, ecological (life
story work), client-centred/non directive play
Prison Poets
(Dibs) and gestalt (Oaklander). It states the in-
appropriateness of the psychoanalytic model
Hampshire Probation Service, 1987, pb, £1.20
other than in recognising that work with
A
children (as with adults) can arouse painful
very worthwhile project this. A book
memories and associations in the worker.
dedicated to the memory of Jean Davies,
References
founder of the Burnbake Trust. The introduc-
to research were valuable in il-
lustrating the essential value
tion
to children in Care,
by John Harding explains that, in response
of resolving their
to
past in order to safely invest
a request by Radio 4, Hampshire submitted
in their future.
100 poems by prison poets, of whuch very lit-
Our reaction to the second chapter
tle
on
assess-
was used in the BBC readings. It was then
ment and flow-charts
decided
was ’what’s new’. Again,
to publish a selection of the locally sub-
useful reminders about good practice and a rele-
mitted poetry. An intelligent foreword by the
vant case study, but no examples of the assess-
poet Francis Berry completes the book. And
ment treatment plan that would have been
what of the poems? Certainly they compare to
helpful. The next three papers cover separation
other poems by long term prisoners. They
and loss, work with emotionally damaged
exceed the standard of poetry...
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