Jo Williams attained the Diploma in Social Work in 2006, the Post-Qualifying Childcare Award in Social Work in 2007, and Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Studies in 2008, and is currently undertaking an MA in Social Work Leadership and Management. She has twenty-two years experience of working with children and vulnerable adults, initially in residential settings and as a qualified social worker and manager within local authority statutory services since 2005. Jo's role within Children's Services has been to provide services to adoptive families, children placed with Special Guardians, Looked After children and children with disabilities. Multi-agency working has been a key driver for Jo in supporting children and their families to achieve good outcomes, along with an interest in facilitating attachment in permanent placements.
This book explores the importance of effective multi-agency and multi-disciplinary partnership work for the mental health of children and young people in care and adoption. It takes an overall... (more)