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Effective Child Protection

Fourth Edition


January 2027 | 264 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

An essential guide to the knowledge and skills needed for effective child protection work, with a particular focus on strengthening analytic and intuitive skills to improve children's safety. This Fourth Edition:

-Examines the individuals, relationships and organisational contexts involved in child protection;

-Guides you through risk assessment and decision making, with new content on dealing with risk and uncertainty;

-Brings you up to date with the latest ethical, legal and technological issues and relevant policy and research;

-Helps you understand cultural attitudes towards children and families and definitions of maltreatment;

-Provides updated case studies and chapter summaries to enhance your learning.

An ideal resource for trainee and qualified professionals involved in child protection work.

 
Chapter 1: Introduction
 
Chapter 2: Child Protection Agencies as Complex Adaptive Systems
 
Chapter 3: The Social Context
 
Chapter 4: Defining Child Maltreatment
 
Chapter 5: Expertise in Child Protection Work
 
Chapter 6: The Challenges of Managing Uncertainty in Practice
 
Chapter 7: The Process of Assessing Risk
 
Chapter 8: Making Decisions
 
Chapter 9: How Organisations can Support Effective Practice
 
Chapter 10: Are We Being Effective?
 
Chapter 11: Conclusion