Good Practice in Child Protection

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

Introduction, Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard. 1. Managing Your Own Learning in Child Protection, Ann Hollows Senior Development Officer, National Children's Bureau. 2. The Children Act and Child Protection, Pat Munroe Solicitor. 3. Recognition of Abuse, Dr Alice Swann Senior Clinical Medical Officer, Belfast. 4. Awareness and Recognition, Jo Crow Sister in Accident and Emergency, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham. 5. Recognition of Abuse by Workers in Other Specialisms, Jacki Pritchard. 6. Preventing Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Multidisciplinary Approach, Hilary Owen and Lola Brown Senior Race Relations Trainer (Child Protection), Lambeth Social Services. 7. Children with Disabilities - A Challenge for Child Protection Procedures? Philippa Russell Director, Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children. 8. On Becoming a Tightrope Walker - Communicating Effectively With Children About Abuse, Eve Brock Trainer & Team Leader of teachers, HM Prison Lindholme. 9. Promoting Inter-Professional Understanding and Collaboration, Tony McFarlane Multidisciplinary Training Officer, Co. Antrim. 10. Developing Skills in Contributing at Child Protection Case Conferences, Hilary Owen and Lindsey Savage Child Protection Administrator, Sheffield Family & Community Services Department. 11.Child Protection Conferences: Maximising Their Potential, Marion Charles Senior Lecturer, School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham. 12. Formulating Child Protection Plans, Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard. 13. Victims of Child Abuse Giving Evidence: Helping to Reduce Trauma, Isobel Todd Probation Officer, Nottinghamshire. 14. Child Protection: The Police Perspective, Sergeant Colin Walke Surrey Constabulary. 15. Supervision and Support of Workers Involved in Child Protection Cases, Professor Dorota Iwaniec Department of Social Work, Queen's University of Belfast. 16. Support and Supervision for Social Workers Working in the Child Protection Field, Jacki Pritchard.