Safeguarding Children
A Shared Responsibility
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-470-51874-8 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-51874-8 (9780470518748)
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
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
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