Safeguarding Children A Shared Responsibility
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Hedy Cleaver is Emeritus Professor at Royal Holloway, UK.
Pat Cawson is a freelance consultant, formerly Head of the Child Protection Research Unit at the NSPCC.
Sarah Gorin is a Senior Research Officer at the NSPCC.
Steve Walker is the Head of Child and Family Services for the City and County of Swansea.
A multi-professional approach to safeguarding children, which accompanies the Department of Health's new training courses.
- Focuses on the methods of identifying children at risk and details what happens at each stage of the social work process
- Presents a fully multi-disciplinary approach as to how professional groups and services should co-operate to safeguard children
- Part of the prestigious NSPCC Wiley Series in Safeguarding Children
- Accompanies the training courses run by the DoH and NSPCC for professionals working with children
List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
The Editors
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction 1
Jenny Gray
I Themes and Principles of Safeguarding 11
1 Putting Children and Their Rights at the Heart of the Safeguarding Process 13
2 Working Effectively with Parents 38
3 The Wider Family and Community 62
4 Children Living Away from Home 77
5 Working Effectively in a Multi-Agency Context 112
II the Process of Safeguarding 137
6 Should I Be Worried? 139
7 Approaching Someone for Help 159
8 Carrying Out or Contributing to an Assessment 179
9 Judgements, Decisions and Plans 200
10 Intervention 218
11 Reviewing and Ending Intervention: Achieving the Best Possible Outcomes for Children 252
Index 279
Divided into two sections, it covers the essentials of all work with children and families, and offers guidance on the process of safeguarding children. The book guides professionals through the processes of identifying and reporting child abuse and details of what happens at each stage. Although aimed primarily at social workers, the book takes a multi-disciplinary approach, and is of use to those in related professions.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Hedy Cleaver is Emeritus Professor at Royal Holloway, UK.
Pat Cawson is a freelance consultant, formerly Head of the Child Protection Research Unit at the NSPCC.
Sarah Gorin is a Senior Research Officer at the NSPCC.
Steve Walker is the Head of Child and Family Services for the City and County of Swansea.