Publisher's Synopsis
Post-registration practice takes place once a child is formally perceived to be at risk of abuse and their name is placed on the child protection register. This pioneering text considers systems and methods for working with these children and their families. The book has been written as a resource for the professionals and their managers who are expected to meet the needs of these children and their families and to protect the children from harm. The text also addresses the needs of trainers and supervisors, identifying ways in which they can support and promote good practice. - - Working for Children on The Child Protection Register looks critically at central government guidance for post-registration practice. It highlights and addresses the gaps and ambiguities in this guidance, providing a framework for promoting quality practice at a local level. Consideration is given to ways in which practitioners such as social workers, teachers, health visitors and other professionals can work effectively with the children and their families. The book includes chapters on assessment, planning and delivery of services to meet the needs of children on the child protection register. Attention is paid to the dilemmas and issues encountered by practitioners. For example, monitoring the process to establish whether effective change has occurred and identifying ways of working in partnership with families who do not want to co-operate. - - Aiming to promote inter-agency practice, this book will be a valuable source of reference to practitioners, managers, trainers and educators who work in social work, health, education, probation and voluntary settings, and are engaged, or have an interest in, post-registration child protection practice.
