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Safeguarding Children and Young People: A Guide for Professionals Working Together

Safeguarding Children and Young People: A Guide for Professionals Working Together

Paperback by Frost, Nick

Safeguarding Children and Young People: A Guide for Professionals Working Together

£34.99

ISBN:
9781526494375
Publication Date:
25 Nov 2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Sage Publications Ltd
Pages:
208 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 1 Nov 2024
Safeguarding Children and Young People: A Guide for Professionals Working Together

Description

Safeguarding Children and Young People offers students and practitioners an accessible and multi-disciplinary guide to working together with other professionals to deliver a child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding, in line with the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance. Taking a 'whole systems' approach, and offering support on prevention, assessment, intervention, systems, and leadership, the book reflects on recent challenges including contextual abuse, child sexual exploitation and cyber-abuse. The book includes case studies, activities and points for reflection to aid learning and test understanding.

Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: A brief history of child protection Chapter 2: 'Working together' to safeguard children and young people Chapter 3: Understanding child abuse and child protection Chapter 4: Exploring two case studies: abuse by celebrities and abuse in institutions Chapter 5: Assessing need and providing early help Chapter 6: Working with families: child abuse within the family Chapter 7: Understanding child sexual exploitation Chapter 8: Contextual safeguarding: a contemporary challenge Chapter 9: Essential safeguarding skills Conclusion and learning for the future

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