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Child protection and family support is a major social issue and there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices in relation to child protection integrate with those in family support and child welfare more generally. Prompted in part by the Audit Commission and the publication of the Department of Health Research studies in Child Protection, it is the key issue facing all child welfare agencies. While it is agreed that there needs to be a rebalancing between child protection and family support there is a real fear amongst managers and practitioners if things go wrong, subjecting them to public inquiry and media contempt. Child Protection and Family Support brings together a range of distinguished researchers and commentators to analyze the nature of the issue and possible ways forward. It draws on recent research case studies; policy makers, managers and practitioners in social work and child welfare agencies.
List of contents
1. Child Protection and Family Support: Current Debates and Future Prospects Nigel Parton 2. The Re-Focusing of Children's Services: The Contribution of Research Mike Little 3. Implementing the Family Support Clauses of the 1989 Children Act: Legislative, Professional and Organisational Obstacles Jane Tunstill 4. Policing Minority Child Rearing Practices in Australia David Thorpe 5. Relating Outcomes to Objectives in Child Protection Policy Jane Gibbons 6. Introducing Non-Punitive Approaches into Child Protection: Legal Issues Judith Masson 7. Can Filtering Processes be Rationalised Corinne Wattam 8. Children abused within the care system - do current representation procedures offer the child protection and the family support? Christine Lyon 9. Protection and Child Welfare: Striking the Balance Elaine Farmer 10. Need, Risk and Significant Harm June Thoburn, Marion Brandon and Anne Lewis 11. Delivering Family Support: Issues and Themes in Service Development Nick Frost 12. Partnership with Service Users in Child Protection and Family Support Bill Jordan 13. Putting Child and Family Support and Protection into Practice Barbara Hearn
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Nigel Parton
Summary
Focuses on the continuing debate about how child protection policies and practices should be balanced and integrated with those in family support and child welfare more generally. A range of distinguished commentators suggest ways forward
