Provides guidance on the ways child protection services need to improve provision for black children and young people in need. With chapters dedicated to key issues, it shows how social workers can provide better support for these children and their families.
Introduction: Claudia Bernard and Perlita Harris, Goldsmiths, University of London. Section 1: The Effects of Adverse Experiences on Black Children. 1: Mental Health and Black Children, Frank Keating and Stephan Brown, Royal Holloway, University of London. 2. Black Children's Experience of Living with Domestic Violence, Claudia Bernard, Goldsmiths, University of London. 3. Living in Gang-Affected Neighbourhoods: The Impact on Black Children and Young People, Carlene Firmin and Jenny Pearce, University of Bedfordshire. Section 2: Different Categories of Maltreatment: Summary of Key Issues. 4: Child Sexual Abuse in the Lives of Black Children, Claudia Bernard, Goldsmiths, University of London. 5: Black Children and Families: An Exploration of Child Physical Abuse, Ravinder Barn, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Derek Kirton, University of Kent. 6: Child Neglect and Black Children, Danielle Turney, University of Bristol. 7: Emotional Abuse of Black Children, Jean Clarke, Brunel University. 8: Engaging Black Fathers in Child Protection Services, Jonathan Scourfield, Cardiff University and Elizabeth Lewinson, Barnados. Section 3: Safeguarding Black Children from Harmful Practices and Safeguarding Trafficked and Separated Children: Summary of Key Issues. 9: Safeguarding Children Linked to Witchcraft, Prospera Tedam, Northampton University. 10: Forced Marriage as a Safeguarding Issue, Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway, University of London. 11: Safeguarding Black Children from Female Genital Mutilation, Perlita Harris, Goldsmiths, University of London. 12: Safeguarding Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children: Promoting Rights and Strengths Based Practice, Joanne Westwood, University of Stirling. 13: Safeguarding Trafficked Children, Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway, University of London. Concluding Remarks: Claudia Bernard and Perlita Harris, Goldsmiths, University of London. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
This book represents a bold and important departure in navigating the fine line between acknowledging the heterogeneity and strengths of black families and the known and systemised risk factors that mean black children are overrepresented across a range of safeguarding issues. It is truly a tour de force in breadth and in depth, addressing issues facing new migrants as well as those in established black communities. Sometimes challenging and contentious in their investigation, at times painful and moving in the content covered, but always exacting in drawing on the evidence base, these scholars have produced a collection that is a must for contemporary practice.
