2nd Edition
Working with Vulnerable Children, Young People and Families
Chapter One: What do we mean when we talk about ‘vulnerability’?
Graham Brotherton and Terry Potter
Chapter Two: The Legal and Policy Context
Mark Cronin and Graham Brotherton
Chapter Three: The Discourse of Advocacy and Participation: Children’s Voices, Children’s Rights
Dan Whisker and Maureen Winn Oakley
Chapter Four: Young People and Vulnerability
Adefemi Adekunle
Chapter Five: Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Mark Cronin and Keith Bishop
Chapter Six: Abuse in the context of personal relationships
Graham Brotherton and Maureen Winn Oakley
Chapter Seven: Young People and Digital Media
Stephen Dixon
Chapter Eight: Young People who have sexually harmed others
Sharon Hall
Chapter Nine: Working with Vulnerable Parents
Graham Brotherton and Mark Cronin
Chapter Ten: Conclusion: Working with vulnerability?
Graham Brotherton and Mark Cronin
Biography
Graham Brotherton works in Academic Partnerships at Leeds Trinity University, UK. He was previously Head of Working with Children, Young People and Families at Newman University. He has interests in working with families and safeguarding. Prior to teaching in Higher Education, he worked in a number of social care roles as both a practitioner and manager
Mark Cronin is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at Newman University. Prior to entering higher education, he worked as a Children and Families Social Worker in both the statutory sector as part of a local authority care management team and the voluntary sector in a community-based family centre. He has also worked for a number of other voluntary organisations involved in family support and direct work with children. His particular interests are social policy, care experienced children and young people, safeguarding and working with children and families.
