Communicating with Children and Their Families: Responding to Need and Protection
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Introduction
Chapter 1. ENGAGEMENT: Building communication with a young person in a context of sexual exploitation.
Chapter 2. NEGOTIATION: Exploring a multi-agency process to assess risk and respond to a child’s needs
Chapter 3: INVESTIGATION: Protecting a baby from neglect and physical harm in a context of parental resistance
CHAPTER 4: USE OF POWER: Representing the best interests of an unaccompanied asylum seeking young person
CHAPTER 5: PERSISTENCE: Overcoming organisational barriers in family work with a disabled child
Conclusion
References
Each chapter takes a key aspect of communication: engagement; negotiation; investigation; use of power and persistence and presents it in a context of good professional practice. It also examines the common pitfalls that workers could fall into and contextualises the script through comparison with a contemporary case study.
Relevant theoretical frameworks, legislation, policy and ethical dilemmas are included for each situation.
This engaging and innovative book gives social work students and professionals a thorough understanding of the best ways to communicate with children and their families in complex and challenging situations. The book also has relevance to other professionals such as those working in health, education, police and the voluntary sector.