Safeguarding black children : good practice in child protection / edited by Claudia Bernard and Perlita Harris ; foreword by June Thoburn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernard, Claudia, editor.

Harris, Perlita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Child welfare.

Children, Black.

Great Britain.

Children, Black--Services for--Great Britain.

Social work with minorities--Great Britain.

Social work with minorities.

Social work with children--Great Britain.

Social work with children.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

With contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, this book promotes an understanding of the particular cultural and social issues that affect black children in relation to child protection. It highlights how race and racism, as well as culture, faith and gender, can influence the ways need and risk are interpreted and responded to. Drawing on insights from research evidence, case examples and practice guidelines, it outlines the range of factors that contribute to the vulnerability of black children and describes how to improve techniques of working with black families. The book covers issues such as the effects of parental mental health problems, living with domestic violence and child maltreatment, and demonstrates how these might be understood differently for black children and young people. There are also chapters on topics such as female genital mutilation, witchcraft and forced marriage. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Effects of Adverse Experiences on Black Children

Introduction to Part I 38

1 Mental Health and Black Children / Frank Keating Keating, Frank, Stefan Brown Brown, Stefan 40

2 Black Children's Experience of Living with Domestic Violence / Claudia Bernard Bernard, Claudia 58

3 Living in Gang-Affected Neighbourhoods / Marlene Firmin Firmin, Marlene, Jenny Pearce Pearce, Jenny 76

Part II Different Categories of Maltreatment

Introduction to Part II 92

4 Child Sexual Abuse in the Lives of Black Children / Claudia Bernard Bernard, Claudia 94

5 Safeguarding Black Children / Ravinder Barn Barn, Ravinder, Derek Kirton Kirton, Derek 111

6 Child Neglect and Black Children / Danielle Turney Turney, Danielle 128

7 Emotional Abuse of Black Children / Jean Clarke Clarke, Jean 146

8 Engaging Black Fathers in Child Protection Services / Jonathan Scourfield Scourfield, Jonathan, Elizabeth Lewinson Lewinson, Elizabeth 165

Part III Safeguarding Black Children from Harmful Practices and Safeguarding Trafficked and Separated Children

Introduction To Part III 178

9 Safeguarding Children Linked to Witchcraft / Prospera Tedam Tedam, Prospera 181

10 Forced Marriage as a Safeguarding Issue / Anna Gupta Gupta, Anna 200

11 Safeguarding Black Children from Female Genital Mutilation / Pertitd Harris Harris, Pertitd 216

12 Safeguarding Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children / Joanne Westwood Westwood, Joanne 239

13 Safeguarding Trafficked Children / Anna Gupta Gupta, Anna 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849055697

1849055696

OCLC:

930068035