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The Memorandum of Good Practice and children with disabilities
- Author:
- WESTCOTT Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Law and Practice, 3(2), January 1994, pp.21-32.
- Publisher:
- PEPAR Publications
Considers the 1992 Home Office Memorandum of Good Practice on investigative interviews with children who have disabilities, identifying concerns and shortcomings and contradictions within the guidance. Argues that the Memorandum has a limited role for interviewing children with disabilities and that much greater flexibility in investigative interviewing is required to meet their special needs.
Social work and evidence-based practice
- Editor:
- SMITH David
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 189p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence-based practice, what it might mean, how it can be achieved, whether it should be aspired to – is the subject of much debate and argument in social work. Covering areas of social work practice that are well established and those in which evidence is just beginning to become available, the authors address issues such as: what is to count as evidence, and who decides this?; if relevant evidence is agreed on, how should it be used in practice?; how can the thing that made the difference be identified?; should success be measured as the result of the theory employed by the worker, or because the worker is skilled, conscientious and effective?; how predictable, controlled and orderly can social work become?. Exploring these issues within a range of contexts – from child abuse and domestic violence to looked after children and disability, the authors demonstrate why evidence-based practice is important, but also why it is important to think clearly and carefully about its implications for the social work profession and the users of social work services.
It doesn't happen to disabled children: child protection and disabled children; repoprt of the National Working Group on Child Protection and Disability
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
All the evidence about disabled children’s experiences suggests that they are more vulnerable to abuse than non-disabled children. For the last twenty years or so, a number of individuals and organisations have struggled to bring this to the attention of government, local authorities and the major children’s organisations. The National Working Group on Child Protection and Disability believes that comprehensive action is required in order to protect disabled children from abuse. The first two recommendations reflect this, calling as they do for a review of the current child protection system and the development of a national strategy for the safeguarding of disabled children. However, within these two main recommendations, smaller steps are identified that would help promote the safeguarding of disabled children even if they were implemented without a major review or national strategy.
Research into practice
- Author:
- DARTFORD Colette
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.07.03, 2003, p.45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Although much research and practice is concerned with identifying and preventing child abuse, relatively little is known about the abuse of disabled children. This is despite evidence that disabled children are three to four times more likely to be abused than non-disabled children.
Safeguarding adults and children with disabilities against abuse
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 132p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg Cedex
The report addresses abuse and mistreatment of all disabled children and adults. It draws attention to the extent and nature of this abuse and aims to ensure that people with disabilities are protected against deliberate and/or avoidable harm, at least to the same extent as other citizens, and that when they are especially vulnerable, additional measures are put in place to assure their safety.
Group care with children and young people
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 112p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
- Edition:
- 2nd
This book can be of help to anyone who works in group care with children and young people whether they are living away from home, for example in children’s homes, hospitals, residential schools, or are in the care of others during the day, for example, at family centres. It cannot give all the answers, but it does enable carers to: improve the important service they provide for children in need and their families; explore and reflect on the many issues that arise in this difficult and demanding, but also rewarding work, linking their practice, prior experience and reading; share ideas and learning with colleagues and be able to use them as a learning resource too; cope with the work’s many pressures; carry on learning and developing. The key concepts and issues relating to group care are clearly explained and are illustrated with relevant practice examples, helpful diagrams and so on. Guidance on good practice is given, including advice on how to avoid some of the common pitfalls and how to develop the skills which make for good child care.