Developing Advocacy for Children and Young People

by Oliver, Christine M.

• ISBN13: 9781843105961
• ISBN10: 1843105969
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Univ. of London, UK. Describes new practices being undertaken by children's advocates in health and social care, and outlines the success of their work with children who are usually excluded from decisions that concern them. Topics include advocacy in child protection case conferences and the family court process. For health and social care professionals. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Concepts, Public Policy and Research	p. 9
Setting the Scene: Funding, Patterns of Advocacy Provision and Children's Access to Advocacy Services	p. 26
An Analysis of the Role of Advocacy in Promoting Looked After Children's Participation in Statutory Reviews	p. 45
Advocacy in Child Protection Case Conferences	p. 64
At the Table or Under the Table? Children's Participation in Family Group Conferences - A Comparative Study of the Use of Professional Advocates and Family Supporters	p. 81
Challenges and Complexities of Widening Access to Advocacy Services: Lessons from an Evaluation of Voice Advocacy Service	p. 99
Providing Advocacy for Disabled Children, Including Children Without Speech	p. 116
Complaints and Children's Advocacy in Wales - Getting Behind the Rhetoric	p. 132
Advocacy and Complaints Procedures: The Perspectives of Young People	p. 150
The Family Court Process: Young People, Care Proceedings and Advocacy	p. 169
The Impact of Advocacy	p. 184
Advocacy, Participation and Voice	p. 204
Contributors	p. 216
Subject Index	p. 219
Author Index	p. 223
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