Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables iv
4. Notes on contributors v
5. Introduction 1
6. Nordic family policies: constructing contexts for social work with families 11
7. A Nordic model in child welfare? 29
8. From welfare to illfare: public concern for Finnish childhood 47
9. Supporting families: the role of family work in child welfare 65
10. Family-focused social work: professional challenges of the 21st century 83
11. In the best interest of the child? Contradictions and tensions in social work 97
12. Children in families receiving financial welfare assistance: visible or invisible? 113
13. Listening to children’s experiences of being participant witnesses to domestic violence 129
14. Now you see them – now you don’t: institutions in child protection policy 147
15. Epilogue: on developing empowering child welfare systems and the welfare research needed to create them 161
16. References 171
17. Index 201