1st Edition
Developing Neighbourhood Support and Child Protection Strategies The Henley Safe Children Project
178 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1998, the book provides a useful contribution to current debates on social exclusion, the regeneration of communities and the refocusing of crisis driven child protection services to family support and the prevention of harm. It stresses the need for interagency strategies of: - neighbourhood and family support - action with young people for a safer environment - principles of... Read more
1. The Context of Childcare and Protection 2. Background to the Henley Safe Children Project 3. Parents’ Perspectives 4. Views of Paid Workers in the Neighbourhood 5. Community Development Work and Prevention: Process and Issues 6. Outcomes, Future Priorities, Conclusions.
Biography
Norma Baldwin, Lyn Carruthers
’...this study shows that the residents of communities can act together and in conjunction with official agencies in order to modify the effects of poverty. Above all it does convey the priceless commodity of hope, that change can come about and that, amongst the poorest and most over-burdened of parents, there are those willing to struggle for the kind of more equal society which will promote the best kind of family life.’ Bob Holman, Voluntary Neighbourhood Worker and Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK
