Developing advocacy for children and young people : current issues in research, policy and practice / / edited by Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7
• Soggetto topico: Children - Services for; Legal assistance to children; Child welfare; Children's rights; Children - Legal status, laws, etc; Social advocacy
• Altri autori: OliverChristine M DalrympleJane <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; Developing Advocacy for Children and Young People; Current Issues in Research, Policy and Practice; Contents; FOREWORD; Chapter 1 Concepts, Public Policy and Research; Chapter 2 Setting the Scene: Funding, Patterns of Advocacy Provision and Children's Access to Advocacy Services; Chapter 3 An Analysis of the Role of Advocacy in Promoting Looked After Children's Participation in Statutory Reviews; Chapter 4 Advocacy in Child Protection Case Conferences ; Chapter 5 At the Table or Under the Table? Children's Participation in Family Group Conferences – A Comparative Study of theUse of Professional Advocates and Family SupportersChapter 6 Challenges and Complexities of Widening Access to Advocacy Services: Lessons from an Evaluation of Voice Advocacy Service; Chapter 7 Providing Advocacy for Disabled Children, Including Children Without Speech; Chapter 8 Complaints and Children's Advocacy in Wales – Getting Behind the Rhetoric; Chapter 9 Advocacy and Complaints Procedures: The Perspecti
• Sommario/riassunto: '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
• Titolo autorizzato: Developing advocacy for children and young people
• ISBN: 1-281-78222-X; 9786611782221; 1-84642-789-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820073103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II