Joy Rees is an adoption support worker in a local authority adoption and permanence team in the London borough of Merton, and a Family Futures Associate. She has 30 years' experience as a social worker specialising in children and family work.
1. Introduction. 2. Life Work Terminology. 3. Purpose of Life Work. 4. Theoretical Framework. 5. Team Around the Child. 6. Aspects of Life Work. 7. Summing Up. References. Appendices.