Developing advocacy for children and young people current issues in research, policy and practice (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
'The role of an advocate for children is one that I perform myself which is why I have found much of the research presented in this book so interesting... We are all on the same side battling to improve life for children who have, through no fault of their own, been handed a very bad set of cards.'. - from the Foreword by Cherie Booth QC. Advocacy for vulnerable people is increasingly becoming a part of health and social care practice, and over the past decade policy developments have contributed to a rapid development of advocacy services for children and young people. This book explores the
Concepts, Public Policy and Research / Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple -- Setting the Scene : Funding, Patterns of Advocacy Provision and Children's Access to Advocacy Services / Christine M. Oliver -- An Analysis of the Role of Advocacy in Promoting Looked After Children's Participation in Statutory Reviews / Jane Boylan -- Advocacy in Child Protection Case Conferences / Jane Dalrymple and Hilary Horan -- At the Table or Under the Table? Children's Participation in Family Group Conferences : A Comparative Study of the Use of Professional Advocates and Family Supporters / Sophie Laws and Perpetua Kirby -- Challenges and Complexities of Widening Access to Advocacy Services : Lessons from an Evaluation of Voice Advocacy Service / Elaine Chase -- Providing Advocacy for Disabled Children, Including Children Without Speech / Abigail Knight and Christine M. Oliver -- Complaints and Children's Advocacy in Wales : Getting Behind the Rhetoric / Andy Pithouse and Ann Crowley -- Advocacy and Complaints Procedures : The Perspectives of Young People / Ann Crowley and Andy Pithouse -- The Family Court Process : Young People, Care Proceedings and Advocacy / Maureen Winn Oakley -- The Impact of Advocacy / Christine M. Oliver -- Advocacy, Participation and Voice / Jane Dalrymple and Christine M. Oliver