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Child Protection
Siobhan E. Laird
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Description for Child Protection
Paperback. This much needed book analyses public inquiries and serious case reviews to reveal the dynamics of hostility and aggression which contribute to the failure to protect children. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 488.
As they intervene in families to reduce the risk of harm to children, child protection social workers around the world are confronting increasingly high levels of hostility and aggression from some parents. Investigations into the deaths of children known to social services have accused social workers of failing to use their professional authority to challenge parents. This much needed book analyses public inquiries and serious case reviews to reveal the dynamics of hostility and aggression which contribute to the failure to protect children. These can occur within the office environment and between social workers and parents or their partners.. The book details applied ... Read more
As they intervene in families to reduce the risk of harm to children, child protection social workers around the world are confronting increasingly high levels of hostility and aggression from some parents. Investigations into the deaths of children known to social services have accused social workers of failing to use their professional authority to challenge parents. This much needed book analyses public inquiries and serious case reviews to reveal the dynamics of hostility and aggression which contribute to the failure to protect children. These can occur within the office environment and between social workers and parents or their partners.. The book details applied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847429223
SKU
V9781847429223
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99-50
About Siobhan E. Laird
Dr Siobhan E. Laird qualified as a social worker in 1994. She is currently a lecturer at the Centre for Social Work based in the University of Nottingham. She has published extensively on child protection legislation and cultural competence in social work. Prior to taking up appointment at the University of Nottingham, Dr Laird was head of social work at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Child Protection
"The book provides tools and methods to improve child protection/safeguarding practice, which will be of benefit to experienced practitioners and newly qualified social workers and ... a useful resource for social work educators." Joanne Westwood, University of Central Lancashire