Strengths-Based Child Protection

"Carolyn Oliver's Strengths-Based Child Protection provides one of the most in-depth discussions and analyses of child protection work. The author successfully engages her readers by providing thought-provoking exercises and case studies, which can be used individually by workers, in practitioner meetings, and in course work." -- Marion Bogo, Professor, University of Toronto "Carolyn Oliver has crafted a very accessible, well-written, and valuable resource for child protection practitioners." -- John Carpenter, Professor of Social Work & Applied Social Sciences, University of Bristol

Strengths-Based Child Protection is the first textbook solely dedicated to furthering strengths-based practices in a child protection setting. Carolyn Oliver provides an original, accessible, and practical research-based model that focuses on the key to success in this field: the worker-client relationship.

Strengths-based, solution-focused practice is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary child protection work. The demand for this protection practice has increased faster than the availability of training resources to help students and practitioners, until now.

Strengths-Based Child Protection is the first textbook solely dedicated to furthering strengths-based practices in a child protection setting. Carolyn Oliver provides an original, accessible, and practical research-based model that focuses on the key to success in this field: the worker-client relationship. Oliver’s long and varied front line experience in child welfare and research based on surveys and interviews with 225 child protection workers provides grounding in the realities of child protection work. Strengths-Based Child Protection contains a rich combination of case studies, reflective questions, and exercises that enable students and practitioners to conceptualize and master implementing strengths-based practices with children.