Good practice in child protection / edited by Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard.
Contributor(s): Owen, Hilary
| Pritchard, Jacki.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: London ; Bristol, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1993 (1998)Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853022055 .Subject(s): Social work with children -- Great Britain | Abused children -- Services for -- Great Britain | Child abuse | Child abuse -- PreventionDDC classification: 362.768 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 362.768 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076323 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.768 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076324 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Good Practice in Child Protection is a timely practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, including the social services, medicine, the legal professions and the police force. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work, enabling workers to achieve the high standards now demanded.
The subjects covered include:
The Children Act and child protection
Recognizing abuse
Preventing female genital mutilation
Communicating with children about abuse
Child protection case conferences
Promoting inter-professional understanding
Victims of child abuse
The police perspective
Supervision and support of workers
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard -- Managing your own learning in child protection / Anne Hollows -- The Children Act and Child Protection / Pat Monro -- Recognition of abuse / Alice Swann -- Awareness and recognition / Jo Crow -- Recognition of abuse by workers in other specialisms / Jacki Pritchard -- Preventing female genital mutilation a practical multidisciplinary approach / Hilary Owen with Lola Brown -- Children with disabilities - a challenge for child protection procedures / Philippa Russell -- On becoming a tightrope walker communicating effectively with children about abuse / Eve Brock -- Promoting Inter-professional understanding and collaboration / Tony McFarlane -- Developing skills in contributing at child protection conferences / Hilary Owen and Lindsey Savage -- Child protection conferences maximising their potential / Marian Charles -- Child protection plans promoting consistency and accountability / Jacki Pritchard and Hilary Owen -- Victims of child abuse giving evidence helping to reduce the trauma / Isobel Todd -- Child protection the police perspective / Colin Walke -- Supervision and support of workers involved in child protection cases / Dorota Iwaniec -- Support and supervision of social workers working in the child protection field / Jacki Pritchard.