Description
Book SynopsisSerious child protection failures haunt health and welfare agencies around the world. Based on interviews with protective workers and rigorous examination of their cases, this ground breaking book draws links between the traumatised and isolated child protection worker and the traumatised and isolated re-abused child.
Trade Review"This interesting volume examines serious and fatal child abuse cases and the challenges facing workers who serve violent families." (Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 1 March 2012)
"...essential reading for anyone who has the responsibility of supervising a front-line child protection worker..." (Professional Social Work, September 2002)
"…This book will be of interest to all those working in child protection…" (Child Right, September 2002)
"…This is an excellent book and well worth a read by anyone involved in protecting children from abuse…" (Child & Family Social Work, No.7, 2002)
"…I found it tremendously refreshing to read the comparatively sophisticated and measured critique.." (Newsletter of the Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Autumn)
"…a useful addition to the literature on child protection…" (Youth & Policy)
Table of ContentsChildren and Workers in the Firing Line: Messages from the Case Files and Interviews
The Shifting Foundations of Child Protection: The Context of the Victorian Study
The Failure to Protect: Child Deaths due to Familial Assault or Neglect
The Failure to Protect: Repeated Abuse
The Social Worker-Client Relationship: From Love to Violence and Beyond
Protective Workers in the Firing Line: The True Extent of Violence and Isolation
Hostage Theory
Child Protection Workers as Hostages
Beyond the Firing Line: The Broad Perspective
Supervision: From Part of the Problem to Part of the Solution
The Firing Line Revisited
Appendix: The Victorian Study
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