TY - JOUR
AU - Hill, Malcolm
AB - 948 Book Reviews enjoying the game, while Milner gets Darren to play his Mum and look at what responsibilities, such as control over his temper, he might aim for in the future. I wish I’d had this book when I was practising social work. I might have had fewer hurtful and mutually distressing interludes with clients undergoing court proceedings if someone had suggested practical steps for a child abuse investigation using an ‘exchangemodel’ofinterviewinganda‘signsofsafety’approach.Andtherecognition of ‘serious gossip’, with its undertones of subversion, as a social work method, would have made many pleasurable casework relationships even more enjoyable. Jill Reynolds School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University A Very Private Practice: An Investigation into Private Fostering Terry Philpot, London, BAAF, 2001, pp. 54, ISBN 1 903699-05-3, £9.95. In one sense, this ‘investigative report’ contains little that is new. Thirty years ago private fostering was an important but very neglected corner of children’s policy and practice. Government regarded private fostering as essentially an arrangement between parents and other carers with which the state should be minimally involved, if at all. It was known to involve a considerable number of children, but the true nature and extent were largely hidden. West 
TI - A Very Private Practice: An Investigation into Private Fostering. Terry Philpot, London, BAAF, 2001, pp. 54, ISBN 1 903699‐05‐3, £9.95
JF - The British Journal of Social Work
DO - 10.1093/bjsw/32.7.948
DA - 2002-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-very-private-practice-an-investigation-into-private-fostering-terry-msR1OSe0Fq
SP - 948
EP - 949
VL - 32
IS - 7
DP - DeepDyve
ER -