Transitional Safeguarding (Paperback)

Christine Cocker

ISBN 10: 1447365569 / ISBN 13: 9781447365563

Published by Bristol University Press, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people aged 15-24 who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results.Addressing the gaps in the current system, it outlines how the specific needs of young people can be met through this approach. Written by leading experts in this area with strong practice networks, it presents up-to-date evidence for its effectiveness, and also uses examples from practice to illustrate the ways in which services are beginning to address these issues. This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people aged 15-24 who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transitional Safeguarding (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447365569
• ISBN 13: 9781447365563
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people in their mid-teens to mid-twenties who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results.

Addressing these gaps, it outlines how the specific needs of young people can be met through this approach. Written by leading experts in this area with strong practice networks, it presents up-to-date evidence for its effectiveness, and also uses examples from practice to illustrate the ways in which services are beginning to address these issues.

About the Authors

Christine Cocker is Professor in Social Work at the University of East Anglia and a qualified social worker with experience with children and families.

Dez Holmes is the Director of Research in Practice which supports those who work with children, families and adults to use evidence in their practice and leadership.

Adi Cooper is a qualified social worker and was awarded the OBE in 2015 for services to adult social care and adult safeguarding. She has worked to improve safeguarding practice and outcomes; influenced national policy and guidance and led on the development of Making Safeguarding Personal.