Understanding Children's Social Care

Nick Frost is Emeritus Professor at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He was a local authority social worker and an adult educator, before joining Leeds Beckett University in 2009. Nick has over a decade of experience as Chair of three different Local Safeguarding Children Boards. He has addressed conferences on child welfare issues in many countries and acted as a consultant to a number of governments and voluntary organisations. Nick has produced over 20 books including, most recently, of Safeguarding Children and Young People (Sage, 2021).

PART ONE: FROM CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENTS TO DEPARTMENTS OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES Local Authority Children's Services in the Post-War Period New Labour, Social Exclusion and Children Every Child Matters: Change for Children PART TWO: DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS Safeguarding, Child Protection and Children in Need Youth Offending: Early Identification, Prevention and Tough Enforcement Children and the care system: reforming corporate parenting Sure Start and Children's Centres: a jewel in New Labour's Crown? Working with children and young people with Complex Needs Challenge to social care practice: working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people PART THREE: CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS The Current State of Children's Social Care in England Being a social worker in an integrated world: social care work with children and a positive future of social work.

"These two authors are always worth reading for their breadth and originality. Their new book offers a timely and stimulating analysis of modern children's services." - David Berridge, Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Bristol "Clear yet thorough; practical yet politically insightful; complicated yet coherent ... this book will appeal to those who want to get an overview of the territory, but also to those who wish to drill down deeper and understand the theoretical underpinning of government policies." - Martin C Calder, Honorary Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam Univeristy