Handbook for Child Protection Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761913718 ISBN 13: 9780761913719

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

"The timing of the publication with the revised Working Together guidelines could not be more advantageous. This book is a unique and important contribution to child care literature. No agency should be without."

- Child Abuse Review

Professionals concerned with the protection of children face many challenges. This work demands knowledge from several disciplines, a wide variety of skills, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The editors, Howard Dubowitz, a pediatrician, and Diane DePanfilis, a social worker, together with over 70 experts in this field offer what is known about how best to work with maltreated children and their families, in a very practical, concise, and user-friendly way.

Structured to follow the life of a case from the time a report of child maltreatment is made through the various pathways in the child protection system, this edited volume synthesizes the best practice principles for responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; engaging children and other family members in intervention; developing cross-cultural practice competencies; assessing risk, evaluating safety, and conducting family assessments; defining outcomes and planning intervention; evaluating risk reduction; and making permanency decisions; and discusses the unique legal, medical, ethical, and other practice issues that work in the child protection field involves. Professionals facing tough dilemmas in practice should find valuable guidance in these pages.

About this title

Review

"The timing of the publication with the revised Working Together guidelines could not be more advantageous. This book is a unique and important contribution to child care literature. No agency should be without." 

(Child Abuse Review)

Synopsis

Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience, the contributors cover every issue the Child Protection Services worker is likely to face. They provide a broad view of child neglect which moves beyond parental omissions in care.'

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761913718
• ISBN 13: 9780761913719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Dubowitz Howard, DePanfilis Diane E.