Child protection practice
By: Harry Ferguson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780230242838
Subjects: Social work with children; Child abuse; Prevention
Description: "When it comes to child protection, who is showing social workers exactly what they should be doing? In this book, Harry Ferguson guides you through the day-to-day realities of child protection practice, outlining its deep complexities along with the knowledge, skills, values and organizational supports necessary to do this difficult job"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction: child protection practice; title: Knocking on the door of history: the emergence of child protection practice; title: Child abuse and the development (and decline) of intimate child protection practice; title: Streets, housing estates, doorsteps: getting to the child; title: The home visit: houses and the struggle to protect the abused child; title: The reverberations of home visiting: going into the depths to protect children; title: Hospitals, office interviews and the emotional complexity of practice; title: Working with children in child protection; title: The importance of touch in child protection; title: Working with fathers; title: Working with mothers; title: Culturally sensitive child protection practice; title: Multi-agency working; title: Good authority and working with hostile and deceptive adults and overcoming resistance; title: Spaces for reflection 1: the car in child protection; title: Spaces for reflection 2: supervision and organisational practices that promote good child protection; title: Conclusion: intimate child protection practice.