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Keeping Children Safe
Child Abuse and Child Protection in IrelandHarry Ferguson, Maire O'Reilly Keeping Children Safe provides a detailed analysis of the nature of child abuse, who reports it, how social workers and other professionals investigate and manage it and the degree to which long-term intervention promotes the safety and welfare of children. 'Should be placed alongside other major international studies in this field' Child and Family Social Work About the authors Harry Ferguson of the Department of Health and Social Care, University of West England was previously Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at University College Dublin. Maire O'Reilly is a researcher in the Social Studies Research Unit, Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork. € 15.75 320 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-899047-72-7 Buy Reviews |
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Child Protection and Welfare Social Work: Contemporary Themes and Practice Perspectives
Kenneth Burns, Deborah Lynch
Available only from Department of Applied Social Studies. For purchase details please contact Tel +353-21-4903607 / debby.lynch@ucc.ie or visit our website. The child protection system in Ireland has undergone a period of modernisation with far-reaching implications both for children themselves, and for social workers and other professionals working with children. This timely book, with contributions from social workers, service managers, academics and policy makers, examines and reflects on a number of vital themes and contemporary issues arising from these changes, including: • the social, political and organisational context of child protection and welfare social work • social workers’ experiences of ‘doing’ this work • children’s rights and how they are understood • revitalising the professional identity of social work, and • developing social work practice and future challenges for the profession. The aim of this book is to stimulate further debate and ideas for future actions to promote children's welfare, to enhance the development of protective and supportive systems for children and to develop the profession of social work. The chapters in this volume also remind us of the dynamic work that is happening at policy, organisational and practice levels, and affirm the important and valuable work that social workers and other professionals do in their daily work with children and families. Child Protection and Welfare Social Work: Contemporary Themes and Practice Perspectives will be of particular interest to social work practitioners, managers, researchers, policy-makers and students on social work courses, as well as educators, child care practitioners and researchers in related disciplines. About the authors Kenneth Burns is a college lecturer and Master of Social Work course coordinator at University College Cork. He was co-editor (with Alastair Christie) of a special edition of the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies (2006) on asylum and social service responses and contributed to Changing Administration—Changing Society: Challenges for Current Social Policy (Herrmann and Herrenbruck, 2007). Deborah Lynch is a college lecturer and Deputy Director of the Master of Social Work in the Department of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork. She has published in international peer-reviewed journals and most recently co-authored (with Mary McGrath) Young people’s views on youth friendly facilities in East Cork (ECAD, 2007). € 20 ISBN: 978-1-906353-07-0 Buy |
A&A Farmar's World — Clark Gable
Hugh Leonard wrote that if you wished Clark Gable ‘Good morning’ he would be flummoxed for an answer. Another story goes the other way. Telegraphed by a reporter seeking information: ‘How old Clark Gable?’, he replied ‘Old Clark Gable fine, how you?’