Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child’s Right to Participate
- 118 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child’s Right to Participate
About this book
This book explains and discusses how a child's right to freedom of expression is upheld through practice and decision-making in Child Protection Services (CPS).
Using the right to expression as stipulated in Article 12.2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as a point of departure, it explains what CPS practices should look like and how they must operate to uphold and enforce the rights of the child by providing "the opportunity to be heard" in any administrative practice. Current research literature documents extensively, and across countries, how either the voice of the child is not heard or, alternatively, the existence of a pro forma/tokenistic approach to listening to the child throughout CPS practices. Taking a three-fold approach, this book
- establishes a clearer connection between rights and professional practice according to Article 12
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- extrapolates how rights-based practice is achieved during CPS practices
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- provides a comprehensive answer to the challenge of implementing Article 12.2 through policy and legislation.
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It will be of interest to all students, academic and professionals working within child protection including social workers, probation officers, health and social care workers, lawyers and teachers.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Contributor Bios
- Preface
- 1 Children’s Right to Express Themselves in Child Protection Casework
- 2 Rights-Based Professional Practice: Situating the Academic Discourse
- 3 Professional Child Protection and the Child’s Freedom of Expression
- 4 The Case of Assessment: Child Participation during Administrative Proceedings
- 5 Child Protection Workers Follow-up with Children in Foster Care and Emergency Units/Homes
- 6 The Case of Social Rehabilitation
- 7 Participation of Children in Residential Care
- 8 Conclusion: Making Rights a Part of Professional Practice
- Index