Child Neglect: Identification and Assessment
Book Details
- Publisher : Palgrave
- Published : January 2007
- Cover : Paperback
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Category 2 :
Trauma and Violence - Catalogue No : 25206
- ISBN 13 : 9781403933461
- ISBN 10 : 1403933464
Also by Jan Horwath
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Cases of child neglect raise complex assessment dilemmas. This important book explores these dilemmas considering the causes and effects of child neglect and the personal, professional and organizational factors that influence identification and assessment. Practical suggestions are made to improve practice. Drawing on new and existing research evidence, it provides a thorough and insightful overview of this taxing area of professional practice, emphasizing throughout the importance of effective multidisciplinary working.
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'Written for practitioners in an elegant, scholarly and yet simple way, it will be easy to follow and use by those who are familiar with neglect issues and those who are new to the field. Readers from many different backgrounds will find this book an invaluable daily companion on an often long journey of understanding and responding to many needs of neglected children.' - Professor Dorota Iwaniec, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: IDENTIFYING NEGLECT: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES TO CHILDREN
Defining Child Neglect: The Influence of Time and Place
Living with Child Neglect: The Impact on Children
PART TWO: ASSESSING THE CARE-GIVER AND THE CARE-GIVING CONTEXT
Carer's Behaviours: The Past Influencing the Present?
Parenting Issues and Child Neglect: What do we Know?
The Care-Giving Context
PART THREE: REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT: PRACTICE REALITY
Identifying and Referring Cases of Child Neglect: The Theory and the Practice
The Assessment Task and Process: Factors that Promote and Inhibit a Child Focus
PART FOUR: MOVING PRACTICE FORWARD
The Assessment Challenges and Best Practice
Working with Child Neglect: Developing Practitioner and Organisational Capacity
Author Biographies
JAN HORWATH is Professor of Child Welfare, University of Sheffield, UK.
About the Author(s)
Jan Horwath is Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Sheffield. She worked as a practitioner, trainer and manager in both voluntary and statutory social work settings before becoming an academic in 1995. She is author of Child Neglect: Identification and Assessment; Effective Staff Training in Social Care: From Theory to Practice with Tony Morrison; Working for Children on the Child Protection Register: An Inter-Agency Practice Guide with Martin Calder; and Making Links Across Specialisms: Understanding Modern Social Work Practice with Steven Shardlow.
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