Child Protection and Child Welfare - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849051917 ISBN 13: 9781849051910

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and policy.

Devoting particular attention to the role played by culture in determining child welfare issues and child protection responses, this book illustrates the impact of both long-term influences, such as the legacy of the caste system in India, and more recent global events, such as the development of international trade in Ghana and shrinking budgets in Italy on national approaches to supporting families and children. The international perspective aims to enhance our understanding of the range of possible approaches, encouraging researchers, policymakers and practitioners to think critically about current models, and providing insights for developing practice.

This important book will be essential reading for social workers, policy makers, child protection service workers, commissioners and managers across child and family welfare services, as well as researchers and academics in the field.

About this title

About the Author

Penelope Welbourne is Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK. John Dixon is Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Administration at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849051917
• ISBN 13: 9781849051910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Penelope Welbourne And John Dixon