New Directions in Children’s Welfare: Professionals, Policy and Practice

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This book makes a distinctive contribution to reflections on what child-centred practice means in the complex area of child welfare. With a theoretical framework informed by insights from a number of disciplinary perspectives, the author pays particular attention to psychosocial, emotional, sensory and spatial influences. The book applies its ideas to case studies, in order to reflect on the contemporary landscape of children’s services within the UK. The book sets out the way policy and law establish a complex terrain for contemporary child welfare practice. At a time when the government demands clear answers to perceived child protection failings, Pinkney carefully reflects upon the complexity involved in protecting children. This timely re-examination of child welfare will appeal to social work and children’s services professionals; policy makers; as well as students and scholars of social work, childhood studies and social policy. Front Matter ....Pages i-x New Directions in Children’s Welfare: Professionals, Policy and Practice (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 1-21 An Interdisciplinary Framework for Understanding Child Welfare (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 23-50 Competing Understandings of Children’s Services (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 51-81 The Emotional and Sensory Dimensions of Child Welfare (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 83-111 Serious Case Reviews and Inquiry Reports: Investigating the Emotional, Sensory and Relational Dimensions of Child Protection (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 113-143 Understanding Child Welfare as a Dynamic Hyper-Mobile Practice (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 145-166 Trust in Relations Between Children and Social Welfare Professionals (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 167-192 Conclusion (Sharon Pinkney)....Pages 193-206 Back Matter ....Pages 207-238