Critical perspectives on safeguarding children / edited by Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover and Janet Jamieson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Broadhurst, Karen.

Grover, Chris, 1967-

Jamieson, Janet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Social work with children.

Children.

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Social work with children--Great Britain.

Children--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xvi, 274 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children provides a multi-disciplinary analysis of current approaches to safeguarding children in the UK. It addresses the strengths, weaknesses and complexities inherent in the Government's objective of promoting opportunities for children through the Every Child Matters (ECM) framework. This book identifies key tensions and dilemmas in areas of policy and practice, and a number of significant questions are raised which, it is argued, need to be addressed if the aspirations of the ECM agenda are to be fully realized.

A critical text that takes the readership beyond the ‘how to’ of policy and practice, Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children encourages an engagement with government strategies and the ideas and discourses which frame them. Drawing contributors from the disciplines of criminology, education, geography, health, philosophy, social policy and social work, this book provides an up-to-date overview of policy and practice that encourages students to think broadly, across traditional subject boundaries with regard to the safeguarding agenda.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Safeguarding Children? / Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover, Janet Jamieson 1

2 Safeguarding Children: Historical Context and Current Landscape / Carolyn Taylor 17

3 Every Child's Rights Matter / David Archard 39

4 Child Poverty / Chris Grover 55

5 The Common Assessment Framework: Effective Innovation for Children and Young People with ‘Additional Needs’ or Simply More Technical Hype? / Andy Pithouse, Karen Broadhurst 73

6 Arguing the Case in Safeguarding / Sue White 93

7 Safeguarding Children through Parenting Support: How Does Every Parent Matter? / Karen Broadhurst 111

8 Safeguarding Children's Well-being within Educational Settings: A Critical Review of Inclusion Strategies / Jo Warin 131

9 ‘Health’ and Safeguarding Children: An ‘Expansionary Project’ or ‘Good Practice? / Sue Peckover 149

10 ‘Be Healthy’: Drugs, Alcohol and Safeguarding Children / Ian Paylor 171

11 In Search of Youth Justice / Janet Jamieson 189

12 Looked After Children and the Criminal Justice System / Claire Fitzpatrick 211

13 Safeguarding Children Who Are Refugees or Asylum Seekers: Managing Multiple Scales of Legislation and Policy / Malcolm Hill, Peter Hopkins 229

14 Conclusion: Safeguarding Children? / Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover, Janet Jamieson 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470682326

0470682329

9780470697566

0470697563

OCLC:

391344257