by Catherine Humphreys (Editor), NickyStanley (Editor)
How do you respond simultaneously to the needs of adults experiencing domestic violence and the specific needs of their children? Domestic Violence and Child Protection explores the challenges of working effectively in this complex field and offers positive models for practice.
Leading practitioners and researchers outline the essential safety considerations for children, adult victims and child protection workers, and stress the importance of children's experiences, using children's own words to describe their diverse needs. The contributors offer examples of good practice in prevention, intervention and recovery, drawn from international settings. They highlight new directions for policy and practice, and consider whether these might be achieved through increased communication and coordination between agencies, or by developing multiprofessional agencies that are able to offer integrated responses. Individual chapters address child abduction, legal issues concerning child contact arrangements, and dealing with abuse in the context of divorce.
Including perspectives from social services, health services and the voluntary sector, this book is a valuable source of information and ideas on how to work safely and sensitively with children living with domestic violence and will be a key reference for social workers, health professionals and policy makers.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
Published: 31 Jan 2006
ISBN 10: 1843102765
ISBN 13: 9781843102762
Book Overview: Good practice guidance for responding to the needs of adults experiencing domestic violence and children living with them, with contributions from international experts
As someone offering interventions to men who have perpetrated domestic violence, I welcome this book and its commitment to promoting properly resourced, coordinated multi-agency disciplinary work in this complex area. Using international examples, it provides an up-to-date review of the evidence base in relation to how domestic violence impacts on children, the systems needed to protect women and children, plus approaches to working with male perpetrators. A core message from this useful book is that good practice needs to take seriously, and seek to increase, the safety of women (mostly) and children living with domestic violence, respond to their separate needs and also address the perpetrator's violence. Insights are also provided into the wide diversity of violence within families and the importance of careful assessments and interventions.' - Professional Social Work
'Humphreys and Stanley have here produced an authoritative multi-faceted and challenging work... It has much to offer both practitioners and managers who grapple with the complex arena of domestic violence and child protection, providing both theoretical grounding and applicable practice advice. The introduction is a must, setting out the contemporary landscape in which these issues are addressed and reminding us that our minimum requirement is not merely to `do no harm' but actively to increase safety and accountability. What follows is a sequence of recommendations from multi-agency practice, adult and child survivor experience and engagement with perpetrators'.
-- Community Care