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001 2011008061
003 DLC
005 20111019093451.0
008 110303s2011 enk 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011008061
020 $a9780230242838 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aHV713$b.F47 2011
082 00 $a362.76/7$222
084 $aSOC047000$aSOC025000$aSOC000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFerguson, Harry$q(Thomas Harold)
245 10 $aChild protection practice /$cHarry Ferguson.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
263 $a1106
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"When it comes to child protection, who is showing social workers exactly what they should be doing? In this book, Harry Ferguson guides you through the day-to-day realities of child protection practice, outlining its deep complexities along with the knowledge, skills, values and organizational supports necessary to do this difficult job"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: child protection practice -- Knocking on the door of history: the emergence of child protection practice -- Child abuse and the development (and decline) of intimate child protection practice -- Streets, housing estates, doorsteps: getting to the child -- The home visit: houses and the struggle to protect the abused child -- The reverberations of home visiting: going into the depths to protect children -- Hospitals, office interviews and the emotional complexity of practice -- Working with children in child protection -- The importance of touch in child protection -- Working with fathers -- Working with mothers -- Culturally sensitive child protection practice -- Multi-agency working -- Good authority and working with hostile and deceptive adults and overcoming resistance -- Spaces for reflection 1: the car in child protection -- Spaces for reflection 2: supervision and organisational practices that promote good child protection -- Conclusion: intimate child protection practice.
650 0 $aChild abuse$xPrevention.
650 0 $aSocial work with children.