Sara Serbati & Edgar Marthinsen 
Sense and Sensibility in Social Work with Families and Children [EPUB ebook] 
European Perspectives on Developments in Child Protection and Welfare

Introductory chapter – Edgar Marthinsen

Part 1: Sense and sensibility as epistemology for social work

1. Reflections on the possibilities and challenges offered by a social model of protecting children – Brid Featherstone, Anna Gupta and Kate Morris

2. The virtuous cycle of using supportive measures to reduce red tape and meet families’ needs – Edgar Marthinsen

3. The potential of practice research to advance a Framework for Protective Support and Supportive Protection (PS-SP) with Children, Young People, and Families – Carmel Devaney and Caroline Mc Gregor

4. Rethinking the meaning of institutionalization in child protection – Francesca Maci and Paola Milani

Part 2: Sense and sensibility as practice

5. Towards collaborative and innovative practice improvement paradigm in child protection? – Päivi Petrelius, Laura Yliruka, Kaarina Mönkkönen

6. Participative and Transformative Evaluation: children, families, and practitioners as co-researchers through ‘reflective thinking’ processes – Sara Serbati

7. Community Mapping as a participative tool to enhance informal social support: possible pathways for practitioners – Andrea Petrella

8. The training of trainers as a way to share sense and sensibility in the programme P.I.P.P.I. – Marco Ius

9. Care leavers in the Italian child protection system: from action research to advocacy of more inclusive policies and relationships through participatory processes – Federico Zullo, Martina Sabetta, Samanta Ferri, Diletta Mauri

10. A mind for learning and innovation – Lena A. Ulfseth, Willy Lichtwarck, Anne Moe and Edgar Marthinsen

11. Group work with children and vulnerable families – Nuria Fuentes-Peláez, Sara Pérez, Judit Rabassa, Belén Parra, Gemma Crous, Paulo Padilla

Epilogue

Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.