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Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools: A Multi-Agency Approach

Paperback by Baginsky, Mary (NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, based in the Policy Institute at King’s College London); Driscoll, Jenny (School of Education, Communication & Society, King's College London); Purcell, Carl (NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London); Manthorpe, Jill (NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce...

Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools: A Multi-Agency Approach

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ISBN:
9781447358275
Publication Date:
27 Jul 2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Imprint:
Policy Press
Pages:
186 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 17 - 18 Aug 2026
Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools: A Multi-Agency Approach

Description

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.

Contents

Introduction 1. Making sense of schools' engagement in multi-agency working in the changed educational landscape Part 1: The national picture 2. A historical perspective: the evolving role of schools in child protection and safeguarding Reflections from Susannah Wright, Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, School of Education, Oxford Brookes University 3. Contemporary challenges: views from local authorities and 'the field' Reflections from Anne Edwards, Professor Emerita, Department of Education, University of Oxford Part 2: Schools' perspectives 4. How schools are responding to safeguarding and the challenges they face 5. Meeting the threshold: referral to children's social care services 6. Beneath the threshold: 'early help' and schools' support for children and families Reflections from Alun Rees, Alun Rees Learning Limited and Consultant to the Rees Centre for the Study of Fostering and Education, University of Oxford Part 3: Concluding thoughts 7. Schools and safeguarding: aligning expectations with reality

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