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Safeguarding Children and Young People
A Guide for Professionals Working Together
- Nick Frost - Leeds Beckett University
November 2020 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Safeguarding Children and Young People offers students and practitioners an accessible and multi-disciplinary guide to working together with other professionals to deliver a child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding, in line with the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance. Taking a ‘whole systems’ approach, and offering support on prevention, assessment, intervention, systems, and leadership, the book reflects on recent challenges including contextual abuse, child sexual exploitation and cyber-abuse. The book includes case studies, activities and points for reflection to aid learning and test understanding.
Introduction
Chapter 1: A brief history of child protection
Chapter 2: 'Working together' to safeguard children and young people
Chapter 3: Understanding child abuse and child protection
Chapter 4: Exploring two case studies: abuse by celebrities and abuse in institutions
Chapter 5: Assessing need and providing early help
Chapter 6: Working with families: child abuse within the family
Chapter 7: Understanding child sexual exploitation
Chapter 8: Contextual safeguarding: a contemporary challenge
Chapter 9: Essential safeguarding skills
Conclusion and learning for the future
This is an engaging book which covers safeguarding content in a digestible format. The Reflection points and Practice points are particularly useful for those in practice and students that may be assessed as part of their course, working towards professional competencies. The Recommended reading sections were also useful and provide a brief outline of the resource, rather than listed references.
Centre For Early Childhood, Worcester University
February 12, 2021
