The Child in Mind

All public sector workers in contact with children and families, both in health care and allied services, need access to clearly written information about what to do if they are concerned about the safety and welfare of a child. Ensuring the safety of children who are at risk of harm is not an easy undertaking. It is sometimes difficult to assess the significance of information about a child, to gauge its seriousness or decide what to do next.This handbook will help health service workers negotiate the complexities of child protection practice, with the aim of preventing abuse and neglect and protecting children from further harm once it has occurred. The text explains how the child protection process works. It covers all the key areas of child protection practice, including: risk assessment; physical, sexual and emotional abuse; neglect; the child protection conference; and, key changes in the legal framework and their application in practice. Clarifying a complex area of work, "The Child in Mind" provides sound advice aimed at improving individual practice. It is unique in that although it is directed to all health care workers, it can be used as part of in-service training, as a handy reference for students and indeed by anyone who works with children.

ISBN 0415426022   Pages 128 ISBN13 9780415426022 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 249 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780415321754 Publication date 01 Jul 2007   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress HV751   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 362.7   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Safeguarding children		3
2		Partnership, collaboration and co-operation		9
3		Assessment of risk		14
4		Physical abuse		23
5		Sexual abuse		35
6		Neglect		44
7		Emotional abuse		50
8		Failure to thrive		56
9		Abuse of children with disabilities		61
10		Parental non-engagement		67
11		The child protection conference		69
12		Records		78
13		The legal framework		81
App. 1		The Common Assessment Framework		90
App. 2		The paediatric assessment		100

"I am delighted, but not surprised, that the authors of this very practical book have been invited to take it into a third edition. It was important to bring up to date this most useful of handbooks as there have been so many changes in the legal framework governing child protection practice since the publication of the Victoria Climbie report... it gives me great pleasure to commend it in the hope it will be widely read and used." -- Lord Laming "This excellent handbook provides a pragmatic and concise approach to the complex subject of child protection. It covers all the key areas of knowledge required by the healthcare practitioner and would be a valuable reference in any clinical context." -- Nursing Standard "This handbook sets out to clearly indicate key objectives such as holistic child-centred practice that would serve to safeguard children more effectively in an ever-changing environment." -- Journal of Social Work

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