Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility

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

• ISBN13: 9780470518847
• ISBN10: 0470518847
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780470518731, 9780470518748, 9780470721506
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

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 cooperate 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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Foreword - Government Minister

Preface - The Editors

Introduction

Themes and Principles of Safeguarding

Putting children at the heart of the safeguarding process

Working effectively with parents

The wider family and community

Children living away from home

Working effectively in a multi-agency context

The Process of Safeguarding

Should I be worried

Approaching someone for help

Carrying out or contributing to an assessment

Making decisions and plans

Intervention

Reviewing and ending intervention

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