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Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility


Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility

Paperback by Cleaver, Hedy (Royal Holloway, UK); Cawson, Pat (Research Unit, NSPCC); Gorin, Sarah (Research Unit, NSPCC); Walker, Steve (Swansea Child and Family Services, UK)

Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility

£37.95

ISBN:
9780470518748
Publication Date:
20 Mar 2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages:
304 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility

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

Contents

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

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