Children's rights and child protection : critical times, critical issues in Ireland / edited by Deborah Lynch and Kenneth Burns.

By:

Lynch, Deborah

Contributor(s):

Burns, Kenneth

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2012.Description: xviii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0719086272
9780719086274

Subject(s):

Child welfare -- Ireland

DDC classification:

362.7 LYN

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	362.7 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100502799

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This topical book comprehensively draws together diverse perspectives from key leaders in the field to address critical issues for children in relation to their rights, welfare and protection at a critical time in Ireland.

The broad array of chapters addresses the changing and complex landscape of policy, practice and law. It discusses the politics of children's rights, the impact of child abuse within the catholic church, diverse approaches to service delivery and professional practice, the media and representations of child protection practice, and the relationship between research evidence and practice. It offers a critique of governance in children's services and identifies key barriers to fundamental progress in the area of children's rights and the protection of children.

This original book fills a gap in publications in this area in Ireland. It is vital reading for academics, practitioners, managers, students and policy-makers, as well as being accessible to individuals with a broad interest in child welfare and protection.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of figures and tables (p. vii)
Notes on contributors (p. ix)
Editors' acknowledgements (p. xvii)
1 Politics, democracy and protecting children (p. 1)
2 Child outcasts: The Ryan Report into industrial and reformatory schools (p. 15)
3 Children's rights in child protection: Identifying the bottom line in critical times (p. 29)
4 It is a long way from Kilkenny to here: Reflections on legal and policy developments before and since the publication of the Kilkenny Incest Investigation (p. 47)
5 Safeguarding children in the Catholic Church in critical times: Some reflections on the Irish experience (p. 61)
6 White Children First? Whiteness, child protection polices and the politics of 'race' (p. 75)
7 Making 'new connections': The development of a differential response to child protection and welfare (p. 92)
8 Social work and the media in Ireland: A journalist's perspective (p. 113)
9 Two countries, one border: The challenges and opportunities for protecting children on an all island basis - a critical turning point (p. 123)
10 Why child protection is so difficult (p. 136)
11 'Walking a tightrope': Exploring uncertainties in the initial assessment of suspected non-accidental head injury to an infant in statutory child protection and welfare (p. 146)
12 Putting research evidence to work in child and family social work (p. 168)
13 Young people exiting homelessness: The role of family support (p. 184)
14 Aftercare not afterthought: Supporting the transition to adulthood for children in care (p. 202)
15 Moving beyond 'case-management': Social workers' perspectives on professional supervision in child protection and welfare (p. 222)
Index (p. 245)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Deboran Lynch is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland
Kenneth Burns is Deputy Course Director of the Master of Social Work and a Research Associate with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century at University College Cork