Description
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction - outlining child protection climate today - current issues and challenges 2. Defining, understanding and assessing the abuse of children 3. Understanding Child sexual abuse 4. Impact of austerity, poverty and cuts and understanding child neglect 5. Understanding domestic violence 6. Cultural competency and contemporary challenges (FGM, forced marriage, prevent, asylum seeking minors) 7. Child and parental mental health within the context of child protection 8. Child protection and disabled children 9. Institutional abuse 10. The legal context - to include kinship care, new guardianship etc. Perhaps also include discussion around power and advocacy 11. Benefits and challenges of social media 12. The assessment challenges 13. Organizational culture and challenges to working together 14. Involving children and families in the child protection process - to include material on case conferences 15. The court process, to include role of guardian (and criminal proceedings?) 16. Challenges to working with parents (to include content from current chapters 24 and 25 and include disguised compliance) 17. Communicating with children in the child protection process 18. Working with children who have experienced trauma (to include living away from birth parents/attachment) 19. Working with adult survivors of trauma 20. Supervision and support for staff involved in child protection 21. Key themes and future directions
