The Child Protection Practice Manual
Title | The Child Protection Practice Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Fertleman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0198707703 |
This book equips professionals with the ability to recognise a child at risk and to work with a child already suffering. Advice is offered on how to navigate the multi-disciplinary processes. Fictional case studies and exercises immerse the reader in scenarios. The authors lead readers through learning points, recommendations, and legislation.
Handbook for Child Protection Practice
Title | Handbook for Child Protection Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Dubowitz |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Pages | 705 |
Release | 1999-12-22 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 145222143X |
"The timing of the publication with the revised Working Together guidelines could not be more advantageous. This book is a unique and important contribution to child care literature. No agency should be without." - Child Abuse Review Professionals concerned with the protection of children face many challenges. This work demands knowledge from several disciplines, a wide variety of skills, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The editors, Howard Dubowitz, a pediatrician, and Diane DePanfilis, a social worker, together with over 70 experts in this field offer what is known about how best to work with maltreated children and their families, in a very practical, concise, and user-friendly way. Structured to follow the life of a case from the time a report of child maltreatment is made through the various pathways in the child protection system, this edited volume synthesizes the best practice principles for responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; engaging children and other family members in intervention; developing cross-cultural practice competencies; assessing risk, evaluating safety, and conducting family assessments; defining outcomes and planning intervention; evaluating risk reduction; and making permanency decisions; and discusses the unique legal, medical, ethical, and other practice issues that work in the child protection field involves. Professionals facing tough dilemmas in practice should find valuable guidance in these pages.
The Child Protection Practice Manual
Title | The Child Protection Practice Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Gayle Hann |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | 9780191778735 |
This work equips professionals with the ability to recognise a child at risk and to work with a child already suffering. Advice is offered on how to navigate the multi-disciplinary processes. Fictional case studies and exercises immerse the reader in scenarios. The authors lead readers through learning points, recommendations and legislation.
Child Welfare Law and Practice
Title | Child Welfare Law and Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Donald N. Duquette |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2016-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781938614552 |
Child Protective Services
Title | Child Protective Services PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Jenkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Abused children |
ISBN |
Child Protective Services Practice Manual
Title | Child Protective Services Practice Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Thelma Falk Baily |
Publisher | |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN |
The Child in Mind
Title | The Child in Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Barker |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0415426014 |
All public sector workers in contact with children and families, both in health care and allied services, need access to clearly written information about what to do if they are concerned about the safety and welfare of a child. Ensuring the safety of children who are at risk of harm is not an easy undertaking. It is sometimes difficult to assess the significance of information about a child, to gauge its seriousness or decide what to do next. This handbook will help health service workers negotiate the complexities of child protection practice, with the aim of preventing abuse and neglect and protecting children from further harm once it has occurred. The text explains how the child protection process works. It covers all the key areas of child protection practice, including: risk assessment physical, sexual and emotional abuse neglect the child protection conference key changes in the legal framework and their application in practice. Clarifying a complex area of work, The Child in Mind provides sound advice aimed at improving individual practice. It is unique in that although it is directed to all health care workers, it can be used as part of in-service training, as a handy reference for students and indeed by anyone who works with children.