Child Protection and Family Support: Tensions, Contradictions and Possibilities (State of Welfare)

Focuses on the continuing debate about how child protection policies and practices should be balanced and integrated with those in family support and child welfare more generally. A range of distinguished commentators suggest ways forward Child Protection And Family Support Brings Together A Range Of Distinguished Researchers And Commentators To Analyse The Nature Of The Issue And Possible Ways Forward. It Draws On Recent Research, Case Studies And Examples From The Uk And Abroad. This Will Be An Invaluable Text For Students Of Social Work, Social Policy And Applied Social Studies; And For Policy-makers, Managers And Practitioners In Social Work And Child Welfare Agencies. 1. Child Protection And Family Support: Current Debates And Future Prospects / Nigel Parton -- 2. The Re-focusing Of Children's Services: The Contribution Of Research / Michael Little -- 3. Implementing The Family Support Clauses Of The 1989 Children Act: Legislative, Professional And Organisational Obstacles / Jane Tunstill -- 4. Policing Minority Child-rearing Practices In Australia: The Consistency Of 'child Abuse' / David Thorpe -- 5. Relating Outcomes To Objectives In Child Protection Policy / Jane Gibbons -- 6. Introducing Non-punitive Approaches Into Child Protection: Legal Issues / Judith Masson -- 7. Can Filtering Processes Be Rationalised? / Corinne Wattam -- 8. Children Abused Within The Care System: Do Current Representation Procedures Offer The Child Protection And The Family Support? / Christina M. Lyon -- 9. Protection And Child Welfare: Striking The Balance / Elaine Farmer -- 10. Need, Risk And Significant Harm / June Thoburn, Marion Brandon And Anne Lewis. 11. Delivering Family Support: Issues And Themes In Service Development / Nick Frost -- 12. Partnership With Service Users In Child Protection And Family Support / Bill Jordan -- 13. Putting Child And Family Support And Protection Into Practice / Barbara Hearn. Edited By Nigel Parton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures and tables......Page 12 List of contributors......Page 14 Series editor's preface......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Child protection and family support: current debates and future prospects......Page 22 The re-focusing of children's services: the contribution of research......Page 46 Implementing the family support clauses of the 1989 Children Act: legislative, professional and organisational obstacles......Page 60 Policing minority child-rearing practices in Australia: the consistency of 'child abuse'......Page 80 Relating outcomes to objectives in child protection policy......Page 99 Introducing non-punitive approaches into child protection: legal issues......Page 113 Can filtering processes be rationalised?......Page 130 Children abused within the care system: do current representation procedures offer the child protection and the family support?......Page 147 Protection and child welfare: striking the balance......Page 167 Need, risk and significant harm......Page 186 Delivering family support: issues and themes in service development......Page 214 Partnership with service users in child protection and family support......Page 233 Putting child and family support and protection into practice......Page 244 Index......Page 263 Child protection and family support is a major social issue and there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices in relation to child protection integrate with those in family support and child welfare more generally. Prompted in part by the Audit Commission and the publication of the Department of Health Research studies in Child Protection, it is the key issue facing all child welfare agencies. While it is agreed that there needs to be a rebalancing between child protection and family support there is a real fear amongst managers and practitioners if things go wrong, subjecting them to public inquiry and media contempt. Child Protection and Family Support brings together a range of distinguished researchers and commentators to analyze the nature of the issue and possible ways forward. It draws on recent research case studies; policy makers, managers and practitioners in social work and child welfare agencies. Annotation Child protection and family support is a major social issue; there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices regarding child protection integrate with those concerning family support and child welfare more generally. While it is agreed that there needs to be a "rebalancing" between child protection and family support, there is a real fear among social services staff when things go wrong, subjecting them to public inquiry and media contempt. "Child Protection and Family Support" brings together a range of distinguished researchers and commentators to analyze the nature of the issue and possible ways forward. It draws on recent research and case studies from the UK and policy makers, managers and practitioners in social work and child welfare agencies. A major debate has recently emerged in the United Kingdom about how policies and practices in relation to child protection integrate with and are supported by policies and practices that are concerned with family support and child welfare more generally.