| Description |
224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Concepts, public policy, and research / Christine Oliver and Jane Dalrymple -- Setting the scene : funding, patterns of advocacy provision and children's access to advocacy services / Christine Oliver -- An analysis of the role of advocacy in promoting looked after children's participation in statutory services / 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 Chris Oliver -- Complaints and children's advocacy in Wales : getting behind the rhetoric / Andy Pithouse and Anne Crowley -- Advocacy and complaints procedures : the perspectives of young people / Anne Crowley and Andy Pithouse -- The family court process : young people, care proceedings, and advocacy / Maureen Winn Oakley -- The impact of advocacy / Christine Oliver -- Advocacy, participation and voice / Jane Dalymple and Christine Oliver |
| Summary |
"This book describes a range of practices being undertaken by children's advocates in health and social care, and outlines the success of their work with children who are usually excluded from decision that concern them. This book is intended for any professional working with young people, including children and young people's advocates, health and social care professionals, educators and youth workers."--BOOK JACKET |
| Subject |
Children -- Services for.
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Legal assistance to children.
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Child welfare.
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Children's rights.
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Social advocacy.
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| Author |
Oliver, Christine M.
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Dalrymple, Jane, 1951-
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| LC no. |
2007040317 |
| ISBN |
1843105969 |
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9781843105961 (pb : alk. paper) |
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