Protecting children : a social model / Brid Featherstone [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Featherstone, Brid, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Public welfare.

Social work with children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book explores the policy and practice possibilities offered by a social model of child protection. Drawing on developments in mental health and disability studies, it examines the conceptual, political and practice implications of this new framework.

Contents:

A social model of protecting children: domestic abuseConcluding thoughts; 8. Crafting different stories: changing minds and hearts; Introduction; Navigating a post-truth landscape; Framing our worlds: how and what?; Discussion of framing theory: perils and opportunities; "I thought you would hate me"; Concluding thoughts; 9. Concluding thoughts; Introduction; Let's talk; Taking the next steps; Concluding remarks; References; Index.

Relationships matterThe deficit model of feedback; Was partnership a wolf in sheep's clothing?; Green shoots?; Concluding remarks; 5. A social model for protecting children: changing our thinking?; The social model of disability and its evolution; Concluding remarks; 6. A social model: experiences in practice; Introduction; Looking forward, looking back: 'tidal hope'; Concluding thoughts; 7. Domestic abuse: a case study; Introduction; Risk and rupture: who gets hurt?; Rethinking who and why in domestic abuse; Between domestic abuse and child protection; Seeds of change?

Rewriting social deprivation in bodies and brains: the great leap backwardsPrevention science and human perfectibility; The economists seize control; Preferred responses: infant determinism, parenting and programmes; Implementation science: targeting and intervention efficacy; Epigenetics: friend or foe?; Concluding remarks; 4. Family experiences of care and protection services: the good, the bad and the hopeful; Introduction; Background; Negotiating help in the shadow of risk; Fragmented roles and services; Money and practical resources matter; Time; Cold-hearted encounters.

A better Britain for child, family and community: a sojourn in the mid-20th century1980: Can social work survive? The 'what works?' question surfaces; Making the case replaces casework: the 1990s and the tyranny of risk; The 'orange book': the seductive certainties of standardised assessment; From concern about dangerousness to concern about concern; England: new public management, 'deliverology' and child protection; The system reassessed; Concluding remarks; 3. Building better people: policy aspirations and family life; Introduction.

Intro; PROTECTING CHILDREN; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Telling a new story; Locating our story; A new story with some familiar chapters; Understanding and tackling root causes; Rethinking the state; Relationship(s)-based practice and co-production; Embedding ethics and human rights: a dialogic approach; Stories of hope, repair and relationships: new directions; Concluding remarks: travelling hopefully?; Structure of the book; 2. Trouble ahead? Contending discourses in child protection; Child protection and expertise: enduring stories.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447332770

1447332776

9781447332763

1447332768

9781447332787

1447332784

9781447332749

1447332741

OCLC:

1055048349