The management of child protection services : context and change / Robert Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Robert, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Child welfare.

Administration.

Great Britain.

Child welfare--Great Britain--Administration.

Abused children--Services for--Great Britain.

Abused children.

Abused children--Services for.

Social work with children--Great Britain.

Social work with children.

Child abuse--Great Britain--Prevention.

Child abuse.

Physical Description:

xv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England : Brookfield, Vt. ; Ashgate, Arena, [1999]

Summary:

The Management of Child Protection Services is not about child abuse but about child protection. It is about the arrangements that professionals from different disciplines make to ensure they operate together effectively to protect the most vulnerable children in society. The book examines five different contexts of child protection: historical, cross-cultural, structural, managerial and professional and consideration of the operation of Area Child Protection Committees. In exploring these contexts, the book seeks to address such questions as: 'how can universal standards be applied to protect vulnerable children whilst avoiding ethnocentrism?' and 'from where are derived, historically, and cross-culturally, the models of child protection adopted in the UK today?' It also seeks to identify the different professional contexts, roles and contributions of agencies involved in child protection, with a view to promoting interdisciplinary understanding. These questions and understandings are necessary if changes currently being contemplated are to enhance the effectiveness of child protection.

Contents:

1 An historical context of child protection 1

The history of child abuse: an overview 1

British approaches to protecting children from harm 16

A comparison of the British and American approaches 21

The history of interagency working in child protection 22

2 A cross-cultural context of child protection 25

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 35

Britain and North America 39

Britain and Europe 47

Britain and the rest of the world 54

Race, ethnicity and culture 65

3 The structural/policy context of child protection in England and Wales 73

From the top-central government policy 73

The role of the media and public opinion 75

Parliament and child protection 79

Crossing the central-local divide 85

Research and policy 103

Training and networking 112

4 Area Child Protection Committees 117

Executive authority of Area Child Protection Committees 117

The composition of Area Child Protection Committees 118

Area Child Protection Committees: roles and functions 122

5 The professional/agency context of child protection 183

Social services 183

Police and Crown Prosecution Service 196

The health agencies 214

Education 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index.

ISBN:

1857423925

1857423933

OCLC:

39706976