Practical Guide to Child Protection

Identifying the most serious challenges faced in child protection work, this practical guide offers helpful solutions for frontline professionals working with children and adults. Examining key issues such as disguised/non-compliance, the impact of neglect, keeping a child-centred focus and information sharing between professionals, this book looks at the practical implications and challenges of working in this complex area. Informed by her many years on the frontline and her subsequent experience with serious case reviews, Nicolas identifies common themes, including domestic abuse, parental substance misuse and mental ill-health. She considers how we can work effectively within this context, with a specific focus on topics such as home visiting, working with resistant clients and multi-agency practice. Chapters are evidence-informed, including facts, statistics and analysis, with examples from practice. This book aims to support practitioners in the practical aspect of their work. It is essential reading for social workers, health care workers, mental health workers, education professionals and related professions, such as housing and probation.