This new edition provides a comprehensive guide for safeguarding and child protection in the early years. Aimed at both students and practitioners, it offers clear insight and guidance into the legal and policy foundations for effective safeguarding practice, together with both the historical context and also more contemporary developments in safeguarding practice in the early years sector. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect current legislation and includes new material on interagency work, supporting children’s resilience and safeguarding all children. Drawing on the everyday dilemmas and experiences of early years professionals, it helps you to find solutions to both practical and moral issues in a context of legal duties and responsibilities. The chapters consider: the historical context of safeguarding and child protection the legislative framework around safeguarding and child protection safeguarding through inter-professional and multidisciplinary work the identification of neglect in early years children the consequential abuse that can occur as a result of parental behaviours safeguarding children’s health and wellbeing safeguarding as a member of a team, and the importance of communication safeguarding against the misuse of technology. Safeguarding and Protecting Children in the Early Years has been written by a multidisciplinary team of academics from a breadth of UK universities, with a wealth of experience in safeguarding and child protection, the EYFS, health visiting, social work, the police and in leading and managing services for children and families. This second edition is essential reading for anyone working with or aspiring to work with children in the early years.
There is some excellent practice in Early Years, yet, despite considerable investment by successive governments in England, the disadvantage gap is not reducing (Ofsted 2016). This reinforces the challenges presented by ...
Based on a tested, practice-based model developed by the author Catherine Rushforth, over her many years spent improving safeguarding practice in early years settings, this title includes recommendations from key governmental reviews from ...
Powell (2001: 19) points out that Lord Scarman in the Gillick case was specifically considering the issues relating to the confidential nature of the relationship between the patient and doctor in regard to the provision of ...
This book helps equip student nurses and midwives with the confidence, knowledge and skills needed for working with families to support and protect children.
Against this tense background, this innovative book argues that child protection policies and practices have become part of the problem, rather than ensuring children’s well-being and safety.
"This is a brilliant book and a godsend for anyone working in child care at any level. This will become the standard for child care -- it is quite simply the best book available anywhere on safeguarding children.
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The book offers: Insights into the current safeguarding climate backed by practical examples An introduction to managing the different safeguarding challenges faced by early years professionals Methods for contextualising these for children ...
The first part, entitled Policies and theories, consists of four chapters, each of which addresses a theoretical approach aligned to contemporary child care policies and which inform the practices of all universal services, ...
Safeguarding Children: Guidance for the Protection of Children in the Early Years