Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools
A Multi-agency Approach
Schools play a vital role in safeguarding children and young people, and this timely book examines how schools identify and respond to child protection concerns, and their engagement with local authority children’s services.
Schools play a vital role in safeguarding children and young people, yet there has been little research into how schools identify and respond to child protection concerns, and their engagement with local authority children’s services.
This book highlights the findings of a major ESRC-funded study on the child protection role played by schools, their decision-making processes and involvement in inter-agency working. Crucial reading for academics, practitioners and managers in children’s social care and education, it evaluates the impact of recent policy developments, including the Academies and Free Schools programme, as well as the restructuring of local authority children’s services.
Mary Baginsky is Senior Research Fellow in the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Jenny Driscoll is Senior Lecturer in Child Studies in the School of Education, Communication and Society, Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London.
Jill Manthorpe is Director of the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Carl Purcell is Research Associate in the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Ben Hickman is Research Director at Myriad Research and a Visiting Research Fellow at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
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