Effective Child Protection
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Inc, United States, Thousand Oaks, 2008
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Effective Child Protection is a significant contribution to child welfare practice and policy.Munro offers a pathway to achieving better outcomes for children and families who are recipients of child protection services - Children and Youth Services Review Praise for the First Edition: `The book makes the fully justified claim [that] it will be essential reading for professionals undergoing qualifying and post-qualifying training. It is to be hoped that it will enjoy an even wider readership - Child Abuse Review This new edition is essential reading for anyone concerned with improving child protection practice. Building on the strengths of the first edition, it provides a deeper understanding of how practice judgements and decisions can be improved in child protection work. Updates include: - an account of how intuition, emotion, and analytic thinking are combined in practice - an analysis of how the nature of the task determines what combination is needed - an updated chapter on how we can detect errors - new material on how organisations can promote good reasoning skills - a simpler way to understand risk assessment instruments. Illustrated with detailed case studies throughout, it will be invaluable reading for students, researchers and practitioners in all areas of child protection, including social work, education, health and policing. Eileen Munro is a Reader in Social Policy at the London School of Economics, specialising in child protection. Other publications include Child Protection (SAGE 2006). . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…
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- Title
- Effective Child Protection
- Author
- Eileen Munro
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc, United States, Thousand Oaks
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1412946956
- ISBN 13
- 9781412946957
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 404 grams
- Dimensions
- 170.0 x 242.0
"The book makes the fully justified claim [that] it will be essential reading for professionals undergoing qualifying and post-qualifying training. It is to be hoped that it will enjoy an even wider readership."
―Child Abuse Review
This new edition is essential reading for anyone concerned with improving child protection practice. Building on the strengths of the First Edition, it provides a deeper understanding of how practice judgments and decisions can be improved in child protection work.
Updates include:
- An account of how intuition, emotion, and analytic thinking are combined in practice
- An analysis of how the nature of the task determines what combination is needed
- An updated chapter on how we can detect errors
- New material on how organizations can promote good reasoning skills
- A simpler way to understand risk assessment instruments
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About the Author
Eileen Munro is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. She worked as a social worker for many years before turning to an academic career. Professor Munro has written extensively on how best to combine intuitive and analytic reasoning in child protection risk assessment and decision-making and also on the importance of understanding how systems’ factors influence workers’ actions. In 2011, she completed the Munro Review of the English Child Protection System conducting a systems analysis of the problems. She is currently working with philosophy colleagues on research methods for complex systems.
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