Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect - Brown, Rebecca (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012)
Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect; Acknowledgements; Note on Initial Assessments, Core Assessments and Section 47 Enquiries; 1. Introduction; Issues to be balanced in the decision-making process; Why babies?; Separation; Policy context; The study; Conclusion; Outline of chapters; 2. The Children; Introduction; The children; Evidence of maltreatment; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 2; 3. The Parents and Their Circumstances; Introduction; The parents; Issues affecting parenting capacity; Risk factors in the wider environment
The mitigating value of protective factorsClassification of families where children are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 3; 4. Referrals and Assessments; Introduction; Referrals; Core assessments and section 47 enquiries; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 4; 5. Pathways to Permanence; Introduction; Support; Position of the sample at age three; Decisions; Safeguarded through parental change (16 children: 37%); Not safeguarded (12 children: 28%); Safeguarded through permanent placement away from home (15 children: 35%); Conclusion
Points for Chapter 56. How Far Were the Children Safeguarded?; Introduction; Risks of harm and how they changed over time; Parents who overcame difficulties (sufficient change group); Parents with continuing problems; Factors indicative of parental change; Experience of maltreatment; Emotional and behavioural difficulties and delayed development: the children at age three and over; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 6; 7. Professional Perspectives; Introduction; Why were parents continually given another chance?; Why was there sometimes a premature withdrawal of services?
Why was neglect so hard to identify?Checks and balances; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 7; 8. Parents' Perspectives; Introduction; Parents' expectations and experiences of adult services; Parents' views of universal and targeted children's services; Parents' expectations and experiences of social workers; The unequal partnership between parents and professionals; Factors which influenced the relationship between social workers and parents; Conclusion; Summary points for Chapter 8; 9. Summary, Key Findings and Their Implicationsfor Policy and Practice; Introduction; Summary
Key findings with implications for policyConclusion: recommendations; Aims, Methodology and Issues Concerning Recruitment and Retention of the Sample; Aims and objectives; Study design; Sample recruitment; Methods; Final sample; Limitations; Sample bias; Comparing the study sample with the eligible population; Conclusion; Issues Concerning the Scores from the IT-HOME Inventory; References; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page