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Book SynopsisGood Practice in Safeguarding Children considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work when statutory guidance, the way agencies are integrated and the delivery of services are changing.
Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen have drawn together contributors' experiences of working with safeguarding children on a broad range of issues, including neglect, trafficked children, parents with learning difficulties and child protection supervision. The contributors discuss current dilemmas in safeguarding children work and provide models of good practice, including case scenarios and exercises. This book explores how changes in the system offer an opportunity to enhance the quality of service provision, to achieve better outcomes for children and their families.
This book is a must-read book for all front-line practitioners involved in safeguarding children, including social workers, child and adolescent mental health practitioners, police officers, healthcare professionals, probation workers and teachers. It is also suitable for undergraduate, post-graduate and post-qualifying students.
Trade Reviewthis book is well structured and the use of case scenarios, exercises and key points is helpful to encourage readers to reflect on current practice and to consider how they would implement the suggestions to improve outcomes for children and young people. There are references at the end of each chapter should the reader wish to explore
topics in greater depth. I would recommend this book to students and practitioners working in health, social care, education, the police service and the voluntary sector.
-- Child Abuse Review
Does this new volume assist with keeping children safe? The answer is yes, as it engages with territory often not covered by traditional textbooks... I would thoroughly recommend this book to practitioners, students, and trainers working with all children and their families. It is also a particularly helpful starting point for those who are now wary and anxious about fulfilling their safeguarding role and child protection responsibilities. -- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This is an invaluable book for professionals at all levels. -- Nursing Standard
The book starts with a useful legislative update and considers the significance of the move away from using the term 'protection' (protecting children from maltreatment) to that of 'safeguarding' (ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care) Practical guidance is underpinned by research evidence and practice knowledge, including exercises and case scenarios. Contributors discuss dilemmas in safeguarding work with children and there are helpful lists of resources and websites. My overall impression is of a book containing high quality information that will be relevant to both frontline practioners and managers. -- Professional Social Work
This book considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work amidst ever changing statutory guidance and service delivery. A must-read book for all front-line practitioners involved in safeguarding children, including social workers, child and adolescent mental health practitioners, police officers, healthcare professionals, probation workers and teachers. -- ChildRight
This is a good introductory text about child protection systems and practice. It provides a nice overview about various aspects of child protection and has clearly been written with practitioners' needs in mind. -- CAFCASS
Twelve contributors write with clarity and often passion to motivate and inspire as well as to inform. The text is very readable and includes highly salient topics, such as the "everyday" contribution that schools can make, the difficulties of safeguarding trafficked children, and good practice for supervision... I highly recommend this book. -- Counselling Children and Young People
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hilary Owen, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Liz Hughes, NHS Sheffield. Chapter 1. From Protection to Safeguarding: Bringing You Up to Date on Statutory Responsibilities. Hilary Owen. Chapter 2. The Contribution of Schools to Safeguarding Children. Flora Bandele, Sheffield City Council. Chapter 3. Making the Most of a Home Visit. Liz Hughes. Chapter 4. Infant Mental Health and Early Attachment. Dipti Aistrop, Sheffield Primary NHS CareTrust. Chapter 5. Working with Unco-operative or Hostile Families. Ruth Pearson, Sheffield Hallam University. Chapter 6. Neglect and Parental Learning Disability. Rosie Jakob, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, and Gail Gumbrell, Community Learning Disability Team, Bradford. Chapter 7. Safeguarding Children Who Live with Parental Substance Misuse. Mandy Craig, Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board. Chapter 8. Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children. Sue Peckover, University of Huddersfield. Chapter 9. Safeguarding Children and Mental Health Practice. Karen Johnson, Derbyshire Mental Health Services. Chapter 10. Safeguarding Trafficked Children. Emma Kelly, ECPAT UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children). Chapter 11. Criminal Investigation and Safeguarding; Dilemmas for Policing. Jeff Boxer, National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). Chapter 12. Good Practice in Undertaking Social Work Assessments. Rosie Jakob. Chapter 13. The Most Professional Relationship. Liz Hughes. Chapter 14. Doing Serious Case Reviews Well: Politics, Academia, Risk Management and Staff Care. Hilary Owen. List of Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
