Strengthening child protection: Sharing Information in Multi-Agency Settings - Softcover

Thompson, Kellie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447322517 ISBN 13: 9781447322511

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

Following high-profile Serious Case Reviews into the tragic deaths of children, including Victoria Climbie, Peter Connelly and Daniel Pelka, information sharing has now become a moral and political imperative for safeguarding the welfare of children. What prompts information sharing and how do we get it right? This accessible book challenges widely held assumptions about information sharing in child welfare that facts about risks to children are clear and that sharing them with other professionals is a straightforward process. End of chapter questions prompt reflection and ensure direct practice relevance. This is essential reading for academics and policy makers, students on post-qualifying child protection courses, social workers, managers and all other professionals tasked with safeguarding children.

About this title

Review:

"In a noisy, fast moving, and procedurally heavy world of child protection, this book is timely, insightful, and deeply humane, with practical relevance for those committed to improving existing child protection services and practices."--Ravi KS Kohli, University of Bedfordshire

"A fascinating analysis of a vitally important, under theorized, and under researched topic that offers a wealth of insights to all those working in child protection and those making policy in this area."--Brid Featherstone, University of Huddersfield

"Provides many important insights that can help all those concerned with achieving effective child protection to get high quality information sharing among professionals right."--Harry Ferguson, University of Nottingham

About the Author:

Dr Kellie Thompson is a Senior Lecturer of Social Work (Children and Families) at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and a practising local authority social worker in children s services. Her research interests are in the critical analyses of information practices in the context of inter-professional responses to children in need and their families.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447322517
• ISBN 13: 9781447322511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232