Vida Douglas, Julie Fourie

Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Keeping children and young people safe is everybody s responsibility. This requires health, social care and education professionals to make sense of complex family situations that are placing a child or young person at risk of harm. This is no easy feat. The actions we take matter and we need to get this right if we are to truly make things better and improve outcomes for children and young people. Using case studies, reflective questions and checklists for practice, this hands-on guide will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to effectively and confidently make a difference to the lives of children and young people.

This series of books from Learning Matters is aimed at busy social work and health care practitioners, particularly in the context of integrated health and social care, who are looking to enhance their skills and extend their knowledge. Written from a practical point of view, they have clear links to both qualifying training as well as CPD. They are up-to-date, accessible and totally skills focused.

Produktdetails

• Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series
• Verlag: Learning Matters / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9781529768565
• ISBN-10: 152976856X
• Artikelnr.: 61659921

Autorenporträt

Vida Douglas is the Professional Lead for social work programmes at the University of Hertfordshire. With over 20 years' experience in social work, she has held several roles ranging from a social worker in children and families teams, an Independent Review Officer(IRO), a team manager for a safeguarding team, management of a children with disabilities service and policy officer for several local authorities. Vida has an interest in safeguarding and researching the experiences of children and parents in the safeguarding process.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Safeguarding: Setting the Scene
Chapter 2: The Voice of the Child and Young Person
Chapter 3: Communicating with Adults and Professionals
Chapter 4: Assessment: Managing Risk and Decision Making
Chapter 5: Interventions: Achieving Good Outcomes
Chapter 7: The Resilient Social Work Practitioner
Chapter 8: Checklists for Effective Practice
Chapter 6: Court Work

Rezensionen

Children, young people, and their families are clearly at the forefront of this safeguarding book, the authors have been able to capture the essence of safeguarding. I would highly recommend this book for all Social Work practitioners, students or anyone that is interested in safeguarding processes, it is an absolute must! Ruby Smith 20211107