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Contact: Managing visits to children looked after away from home

	Price: £3.00	BAAF 1993 ISBN 978-1-873868-12-6

Although contact between children in placement and their families may sometimes seem simply a legal requirement, planning and managing appropriate contact is critical to a child’s well-being and to successful reunification of the family. This book focuses on face-to-face contact i.e. visits. Arranging visits and making them meaningful are two of the most important aspects of work with children in placement.

First published in the USA, this guide is essential for those childcare workers that need to develop visiting plans. It considers various aspects of visiting including its importance and purpose, the ways that policies and placement practices can encourage or constrain visiting, the development of visiting place, and how to evaluate visits. It also offers guidance for the development of good practice, and is a useful source of information, insights and recommendations.