Child Protection Practice

How do practitioners step up to the professional challenge of keeping children safe? Leading author Harry Ferguson draws on his own research personal experience and real-life case studies to challenge the way we think about child protection. This highly original and engaging book captures the daily reality of practice within life's most personal spaces and offers a rare insight into the lived experience of working with vulnerable children their parents and other carers. An inspiring declaration of the need for a new intimate approach to child protection this ground-breaking book lays the foundations of skilful authoritative practice. It is a must for Social Work student and practitioners within this challenging field.

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Red Globe Press; 1st ed. 2011 edition (May 15 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0230242839

ISBN-13: 978-0230242838

Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces