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Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to
child welfare professionals, and are often resistant to change.
This book addresses an urgent need to ensure that social care
interventions provide better long term outcomes for neglected
children across services. Based on a substantial research study
into social care provision for children, it provides a rare insight
into the experiences of neglected children over a period of five
years, examining the responsiveness of parents and children to
social care support and their progress. Close-focus study of the
decisions made on either side of services - by the children, the
parents, the caregivers and related social and healthcare
professionals - shows what works and what doesn't, in the long
term. This important book highlights gaps in provision for
neglected children after the initial referral stage, the risks and
potential for professional interventions and how well the child
protection system and the courts protect children. It suggests ways
that local authorities and other professionals can meet the complex
needs of the children most likely to fall through the safety net,
the factors related to good outcomes for them and how to improve
safeguarding strategies within and beyond children's services.
Providing a critical account of policy, systems and practice, this
book is essential reading for anyone who needs the latest evidence
about safeguarding children, including policymakers, social workers
and professionals in health care and the family justice system.
The quality of the assessment of children in need has a significant
impact on outcomes for the children concerned. Good assessment
contributes to better outcomes, but poor assessment can have tragic
consequences. Understanding what makes a good assessment is vital.
This book brings together findings from 10 years of UK research
that shed light on different aspects of child and family
assessment, and examines the evidence for what works in promoting
the best outcomes for children. It covers thresholds for assessment
and intervention, what information should be collected in
assessments, and assessments in different contexts. It also
examines key aspects of practice and the factors that can help or
hinder good quality assessment. These areas include analysis,
critical thinking and reflection; engaging with children and
families; and inter-professional working. Structural, procedural
and organisational factors are also considered. In summarising the
research, this important book provides key messages on the links
between assessment and outcomes for children, and offers
implications for policy and practice. It will be essential reading
for social work practitioners, academics, students and researchers,
and all those in the child protection field.
How do you respond simultaneously to the needs of adults
experiencing domestic violence and the specific needs of their
children? Domestic Violence and Child Protection explores the
challenges of working effectively in this complex field and offers
positive models for practice. Leading practitioners and researchers
outline the essential safety considerations for children, adult
victims and child protection workers, and stress the importance of
children's experiences, using children's own words to describe
their diverse needs. The contributors offer examples of good
practice in prevention, intervention and recovery, drawn from
international settings. They highlight new directions for policy
and practice, and consider whether these might be achieved through
increased communication and coordination between agencies, or by
developing multiprofessional agencies that are able to offer
integrated responses. Individual chapters address child abduction,
legal issues concerning child contact arrangements, and dealing
with abuse in the context of divorce. Including perspectives from
social services, health services and the voluntary sector, this
book is a valuable source of information and ideas on how to work
safely and sensitively with children living with domestic violence
and will be a key reference for social workers, health
professionals and policy makers.
How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of
empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care.
Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international
figures in children's services across the developed world, the book
provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and
practice. This volume establishes a platform for comparison of
international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today.
Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to
highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and
young people in care. Each chapter offers new ideas about how
foster care could be financed, delivered or studied in order to
become more effective. This book is important reading for anyone
involved in delivering child welfare services, such as
administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers,
children's advocates, academics and students.
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