Good Practice in Child Protection is a timely practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, including the social services, medicine, the legal professions and the police force. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work, enabling workers to achieve the high standards now demanded.
The subjects covered include:
The Children Act and child protection
Recognizing abuse
Preventing female genital mutilation
Communicating with children about abuse
Child protection case conferences
Promoting inter-professional understanding
Victims of child abuse
The police perspective
Supervision and support of workers
