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Safeguarding Children and Young People offers students and practitioners an accessible and multi-disciplinary guide to working together with other professionals to deliver a child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding, in line with the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance. Taking a whole systems approach, and offering support on prevention, assessment, intervention, systems, and leadership, the book reflects on recent challenges including contextual abuse, child sexual exploitation and cyber-abuse. The book includes case studies, activities and points for reflection to aid learning and test understanding.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: A brief history of child protection
Chapter 2: 'Working together' to safeguard children and young people
Chapter 3: Understanding child abuse and child protection
Chapter 4: Exploring two case studies: abuse by celebrities and abuse in institutions
Chapter 5: Assessing need and providing early help
Chapter 6: Working with families: child abuse within the family
Chapter 7: Understanding child sexual exploitation
Chapter 8: Contextual safeguarding: a contemporary challenge
Chapter 9: Essential safeguarding skills
Conclusion and learning for the future
About the author
Nick Frost is Emeritus Professor at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He was a local authority social worker and an adult educator, before joining Leeds Beckett University in 2009. Nick has over a decade of experience as Chair of three different Local Safeguarding Children Boards. He has addressed conferences on child welfare issues in many countries and acted as a consultant to a number of governments and voluntary organisations. Nick has produced over 20 books including, most recently, of Safeguarding Children and Young People (Sage, 2021).
Summary
An accessible and multi-disciplinary guide to working together with other professionals to deliver a child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding, in line with the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance.
