Proactive child protection and social work /

Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children's voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition of a highly-regarded boo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davies, Liz, 1948- (Author), Duckett, Nora (Author)
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 2016.
Edition:2nd edition.
Series:Transforming Social Work Practice Series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children's voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition of a highly-regarded book, the authors offer a strengthened children's rights perspective and explore four main categories of child abuse - emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and physical abuse. The book also considers legal safeguards and protective processes to increase the creativity and confidence of those undertaking such work.
Physical Description:1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526473882 (ebook) :