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Protecting children : a handbook for teachers and school managers /

Provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the role of educational professionals in safeguarding children.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitney, Ben
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Starting from here
  • From Poor Law to protection?
  • An historical perspective on children and their needs
  • Learning from our mistakes
  • Why things sometimes go wrong
  • Understanding and defining abuse
  • The four categories and their implications
  • The Children Act 1989
  • A guide to key elements of the law
  • The inter-agency child protection process
  • What social workers and others do to safeguard children
  • The child-protecting school
  • A summary of policy issues, inspection standards and the role of the designated teacher
  • From theory to practice
  • Referring concerns and making the system work for our pupils
  • Bullying and other safety issues
  • Keeping children safe at school
  • Children in part-time work
  • A case for child protection and why their teachers need to know
  • The law on child employment
  • What children of school age can and cannot do
  • Safe at work
  • A proposed new code of practice for children and their employers
  • Allegations against teachers and other staff
  • Case studies and how they were dealt with
  • Recognising the risk of professional abuse
  • Managing children and reducing the possibility of false allegations when investigation has to happen
  • Guidance on the inter-agency process when a teacher is accused
  • Conclusion : A glimpse of the future
  • Appendix 1 : A policy for child protection
  • Appendix 2 : The Children Act 1989 and parental responsibility
  • Appendix 3 : Glossary of terms
  • Appendix 4 : Useful acronyms and abbreviations.