num_pages: 160
description: This work argues that in spite of the 1989 Children Act, child protection social work in England is still characterized by high professional anxiety, political ambiugity and a feeling of "stuckness". As a result of confusing relationships among the law, the citizen, social work and the state, and also the government's ambilavence toward social intervention in families, the authors contend social work has been bureaucratized; social workers have been pilloried in the press and castigated by government; and that vulnerable children are no safer, while the log-jam of unallocated child protection cases has not diminished. This study examines the English child protection system through European eyes, offering a range of alternatives to the impasse which currently afflicts it. It aims to answer questions left hanging by previous analysis, such which system best promotes partnership with parents?, which one offers most support to social workers?, and how can relationships between social workers and judges/magistrates be improved?
language: English
title: Positive Child Protection
titlecomplete: Positive Child Protection
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Russell House Publishing Ltd