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This book provides an introduction to the government's Troubled Families Programme (TFP) and explores the fundamentals of this kind of approach in social work. In particular it looks at the initiative's origins, implications and effectiveness as well as troubled family approaches in a broader context.

Family social work. --- Dysfunctional families --- Services for dysfunctional families --- Family case work --- Social work with families --- Family services --- Social case work --- Services for.

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"The increasing complexity of family life, alongside the continued important and complex role played by family in supporting members with particular needs, poses a range of challenges for services seeking to engage with families, particularly those with complex needs. For family-focused services to deliver effectively, the complexity of family roles, functions, and compositions therefore need to be examined and understood. Failure to recognize the structure, role and function of various family relationships may lead to ineffective service provision or a resistance to engage in support by the family. Nonetheless, there is significant evidence that existing policy and service provision finds `thinking family' both challenging and controversial. Contributions to this text consider how 'families with complex needs' form and experience contemporary life, and how such understandings might inform policy and practice responses, including through examination of models and approaches to family-based policy and service provision. Drawing on fieldwork and analyses in a wide variety of countries and contexts, there is a particular emphasis on Latin America." -- Nathan Hughes and Carolina Munoz-Guzman, guest editors.

Poor families --- Dysfunctional families --- Family social work. --- Family social work --- Child welfare. --- Family services. --- Services for. --- Study and teaching. --- Latin America --- Services for dysfunctional families --- Families --- Human services --- Child protective services --- Child protective services personnel --- Children --- CPS (Child protective services) --- Humane societies --- Protection of children --- Family policy --- Public welfare --- Social work with children --- Social work with youth --- Family case work --- Social work with families --- Family services --- Social case work --- Services for --- Charities --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Protection --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America