'''Effective Child Protection'' is a significant
contribution to child welfare practice and
policy...Munro offers a pathway to achieving better
outcomes for children and families who are recipients of
child protection services' - ''Children and Youth
Services Review''. Praise for the First Edition: 'The
book makes the fully justified claim [that] it will be
essential reading for professionals undergoing
qualifying and post-qualifying training. It is to be
hoped that it will enjoy an even wider readership' -
''Child Abuse Review''. This new edition is essential
reading for anyone concerned with improving child
protection practice. Building on the strengths of the
first edition, it provides a deeper understanding of how
practice judgements and decisions can be improved in
child protection work. Updates include: an account of
how intuition, emotion, and analytic thinking are
combined in practice; an analysis of how the nature of
the task determines what combination is needed; an
updated chapter on how we can detect errors; new
material on how organisations can promote good reasoning
skills; and, a simpler way to understand risk assessment
instruments.Illustrated with detailed case studies
throughout, it will be invaluable reading for students,
researchers and practitioners in all areas of child
protection, including social work, education, health and
policing. Eileen Munro is a Reader in Social Policy at
the London School of Economics, specialising in child
protection. Other publications include ''Child
Protection'' (SAGE 2006). |
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