Autorentext

Eileen Munro is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. She worked as a social worker for many years before turning to an academic career. Professor Munro has written extensively on how best to combine intuitive and analytic reasoning in child protection risk assessment and decision-making and also on the importance of understanding how systems' factors influence workers' actions. In 2011, she completed the Munro Review of the English Child Protection System conducting a systems analysis of the problems. She is currently working with philosophy colleagues on research methods for complex systems.

Klappentext

This is the essential guide to strengthening analytic and intuitive reasoning skills in order to improve children's safety.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Child Protection Agencies as Complex Adaptive Systems
Chapter 3: Expertise in Child Protection Work
Chapter 4: Evaluating complex interventions
Chapter 5: The social context
Chapter 6: Defining child abuse and neglect
Chapter 7: The Challenges of Managing Uncertainty in Practice
Chapter 8: The process of assessing risk
Chapter 9: Making decisions
Chapter 10: How organisations can support effective practice
Chapter 11: Conclusion