Child Protection in UK Law
-
Emergency powers for child protection
This article examines the use of emergency intervention for child protection in England by the police and social services to establish when and why powers are used and what subsequently happens. It...
-
Future proofing child protection social work
Purpose: How might the profession of child protection social work be “future proofed”, i.e. remain intact and of value beyond its present existence? The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/me...
-
Probation officers and child protection work
This research was an examination of 31 probation service cases that required some level of child protection work. The work was undertaken for a large metropolitan probation trust to establish the c...
-
Child protection in England: an emerging inequalities perspective
Purpose: In the past 40 years, both health policy and educational policy in England have adopted commitments to reducing socially created inequalities. However, an inequalities perspective has only...
- Every Child Matters: Child Protection Procedures in Health and Social Work
-
Learning from Child Protection Systems Mapping and Analysis in West Africa: Research and Policy Implications
This article presents the findings of a research process undertaken by Child Frontiers to map and assess the child protection systems of five West African countries. It highlights that the primary ...
-
Towards knowledge‐based practice in complex child protection cases: a research‐based expert briefing
This article is an extended version of an ‘experts’ briefing' commissioned to inform senior child welfare managers in English local authorities and voluntary agencies about the available evidence t...
- Drug Use and Child Protection
- Child Protection, Not Collusion
-
The effectiveness of a short-term training program on child protection among Sri Lankan police officers
Child abuse is a complex problem. It is sensitive in nature and requires a comprehensive police investigation. Police officers are at the forefront of this issue and hence it is important that they...
See all results