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This list shows a selection of books held by the NSPCC Library and Information Service (March 2004) which give an introduction to child protection for non-social work professionals working with children.
See also Child protection I: a general reading list
Protecting babies and toddlers: information for professionals and those working with children (PDF, 85KB)
NSPCC
London: NSPCC, 2003
A leaflet describing ways in which professionals can provide support and advice to protect babies and children. Includes basic facts about the abuse of babies and toddlers, risk factors to consider, advice to give to parents and contact details for organisations which can provide help and support for parents and professionals.
Protecting young children: a guide to recognising and responding to child abuse
Edwards, Helen, and Gordon, Pat Smith (ed.)
NSPCC; National Early Years Network
London: National Early Years Network, 2002
ISBN: 1870985613
Intended as a handbook for early years practitioners and managers, answering questions about safeguarding children. Includes chapters on child abuse, advice on how to respond to concerns, details of the statutory framework, guidance on management and support and suggestions for building a relationship with families that may help prevent abuse.
Child protection in a play setting (new window)
Fair Play for Children
Bognor Regis: Fair Play for Children, 2002
Factsheet looking at key aspects of child protection in play settings: child protection awareness, adopting a policy, recruitment, training and induction, the needs of vulnerable children, suitability and nature of physical play environment, reporting concerns, responding to children's needs and criminal records checking.
Protecting children: a practical guide.
Kay, Janet
London: Cassell, 1999
ISBN: 0304334154
For the NVQ in Early Years Care and Education (Level 3) and the NVQ in Caring for Children and Young People (Level 3). Includes self-assessment exercises in each chapter.
Child development for child care and protection workers.
Daniel, Brigid, Wassell, Sally and Gilligan, Robbie
London: Jessica Kingsley, 1999
ISBN: 1853026336
Written for practitioners in child care and child protection, the contents include chapters on developing relationships, parenting, vulnerable children, resilience, adversity, and development in the early years, the school years and in adolescence. Summarises important research in the area.
Growing up in Britain: ensuring a healthy future for our children. A study of 0 - 5 year olds.
British Medical Association
London: BMJ, 1999
ISBN: 0727914332
BMA report on child health from conception to age of five. Includes chapters on inequalities in child health; nutrition; abuse and injury; disability; emotional and behavioural problems; and the foetal origins of adult disease. Includes copy of the World Medical Declaration on the Right of the Child to Health Care.
Child protection.
Lindon, Jennie
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003
ISBN: 0340876069
Child protection guidance for people working with children and young people in early years, school and playwork.
Good practice in child protection.
Hobart, Christine and Frankel, Jill
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Stanley Thornes, 1998
ISBN: 074873094X
For early years workers and students.
Managing to change: training materials for staff in day care centres for young children: module 5: child protection.
Cowley, Liz and Crouch, Maureen
NCB
London: National Children's Bureau (NCB), 1997
ISBN: 1900990016
What works in the early years?: effective interventions for children and their families in health, social welfare, education and child protection.
Macdonald, Geraldine and Roberts, Helen
Barkingside, Essex: Barnardo's, 1995
ISBN: 0902046284
Child protection and the dental team: an introduction to safeguarding children in dental practice (PDF)
Harris, Jenny et al
Sheffield: Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors (COPDEND), 2006
ISBN: 0955225701
A child protection handbook for anyone working in dentistry. Discusses why it is essential to know about child protection, what signs to look out for in identifying children who have been abused, and child protection procedures to be followed if there are concerns about a child. Also looks at organising the dental practice, including writing a child protection policy. Includes resources to help dental teams.
Flowcharts and summaries can also be downloaded from the website: www.cpdt.org.uk at: www.cpdt.org.uk/f_info/dload_0.htm
Child protection awareness in health.
EduCare; NSPCC
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: NSPCC, 2003
A four module distance learning programme designed for anyone working in a health setting who requires a basic introduction to child protection. The modules are: 1. Understanding the basics; 2. Recognising child abuse; 3. Reporting child abuse; 4. Working together. Read more about NSPCC EduCare child protection awareness programmes
Child protection is no accident: views on current practice in Northern Ireland from senior medical and nursing staff in A&E.
NSPCC. Northern Ireland; Barnardo's. Northern Ireland
Belfast: NSPCC. Northern Ireland, [2003]
Contains findings from a small postal survey of senior nurses and doctors in A&E departments in Northern Ireland in which respondents were asked about how their departments deal with cases of suspected child abuse. Includes recommendations for ACPC procedures, the Child Protection Register, induction and child protection training programmes for medical practitioners, and professional liaison arrangements.
Protecting children from abuse and neglect in primary care.
Bannon, Michael J. ed., and Carter, Yvonne H. ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002
ISBN: 0192632760
Aimed primarily at GPs and their teams, this book aims to enable primary care health professionals to fulfil their responsibilities in the protection of children from abuse or neglect. Includes chapters on the child protection process (by Melanie Pace, NSPCC), adults abused as children (by Christopher Cloke, NSPCC), roles and responsibilities (by Enid Hendry, NSPCC) and working together to protect children (Tom Narducci, NSPCC).
Child protection: every nurse's responsibility. Guidance for nursing staff (new window)
Royal College of Nursing
London: Royal College of Nursing, 2002
Practical guidance aimed at all nursing staff. Includes information on identifying a vulnerable child, the signs of abuse, definitions of abuse and neglect, nurses responsibilities, employers' responsibilities, recruitment and selection processes, and supervision and support. Includes key facts and statistics about child maltreatment and vulnerable children in the UK.
Working together or pulling apart?: child protection and the NHS.
Lupton, Carol, and North, Nancy, and Khan, Parves
Bristol: Policy Press, 2001
ISBN: 1861342446
Examines the key issues and debates surrounding the contribution of the NHS to the multi-agency and inter-professional child protection process. Includes chapters on the role of the ACPC; the role of the designated health professional; GPs and child protection; health visitors and child protection.
Child protection in primary care.
Polnay, Janet (ed.)
Abingdon, Oxon.: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001
ISBN: 1857752244
Guide to child protection procedures for those working in primary care groups. Looks at the relevant law and policy as set out in "Working Together", and, who's who and what's what in child protection. Considers why child protection management is different from other medical problems and looks at ethical considerations. Explores the roles of: the general practitioner, the health visitor, social services, and the police. Provides guidance on recognition of child abuse, action to take on recognition of abuse, and implications for the child.
Domestic violence: a resource manual for health care professionals.
Henward, Melanie
London: Department of Health (DoH), 2000
A manual designed to increase the knowledge and awareness of domestic violence among health care professionals. Explores the context of and provides statistics on the prevalence of domestic violence and considers the role of the health care professional in identifying domestic violence. Suggests models of multi-agency collaboration and the implications for the education and training of NHS staff.
The role of health professionals in the child protection process.
Lupton, Carol
Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth. Social Services Research and Information
Unit, 1999
ISBN: 1861371764
Research project looking at collaboration in child protection and the role of medical and nursing professionals. Looks at factors affecting collaboration at interpersonal level, inter-professional level, inter-organisational level, and supra-organisational level.
Child protection for hospital-based practitioners.
Humphries, Louise and Gully, Tim
London: Whurr Publishers, 1999
ISBN: 1861561024
Aimed at medical and nursing staff, this book provides an introduction to the issues surrounding child protection. Includes a number of case studies and a glossary of terms.
Child protection: guidance for senior nurses, health visitors, midwives and their managers 1997. [3rd ed.]
Department of Health. Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee
London: The Stationery Office (TSO), 1998
ISBN: 0113219997
Report of the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee. Up-to-date and comprehensive guidance for health care professionals on child abuse issues.
What about the child?: child protection training for nurses.
Armstrong, Helen
London: CEDC, 1998
ISBN: 0947607463
Aimed at anyone involved in the training of nursing staff. Contains training materials on child protection, including activities, case studies, information on the legal and multi-agency framework, and sessions on confidentiality and risk assessment.
Child protection: a guide for midwives.
Fraser, Jenny
Hale, Cheshire: Books for Midwives, 1997
ISBN: 1898507546
Guidelines to help midwives recognise and deal with child protection issues as they arise.
Child protection audit pack for primary health care team.
West Sussex Health Authority. Medical Audit Advisory Group
Worthing: West Sussex Health Authority, 1997
A quality assurance tool which aims to review child protection procedures and
evaluate practice against a set of agreed criteria, within the area of West Sussex Health Authority.
Primary health care team training pack: child protection in practice: an introduction to child abuse and protection. Looseleaf ed.
Michaels, Michelle, Pengilley, Lorraine, Shakespeare, Judy and Bartlett, Willma
Oxfordshire Area Child Protection Committee; NSPCC
Yarnton, Oxon.: Oxfordshire Area Child Protection Committee, 1996
ISBN: 0902498614
Child protection: medical responsibilities: guidance for doctors working with child protection agencies.
Department of Health (DoH); British Medical Association; Conference of Medical Royal Colleges
London: Department of Health (DoH), 1994
Addendum to "Working together under the Children Act 1989".
Why are the police protecting me? Police protection for children and young people at risk (new window)
Home Office
London: Home Office, 2004
A leaflet to be handed out by police officers whenever a child is taken into police protection, whether the child is placed in local authority accommodation, with a carer, or taken to the police station or elsewhere, explaining why police protection is necessary and what will happen next. Includes different pages aimed at young people aged 11-16, young people aged 7-10, parents and guardians, and carers.
Capital initiatives: safeguarding children and young people in London.
Metropolitan Police; Capital Initiatives
London: Metropolitan Police, 2002
Metropolitan Police paper identifying child abuse prevention initiatives across the service. Provides a range of options for practitioners within child protection and encourages the adoption of identified best practice within the initiatives.
Working in the dark: the use of police protection.
Masson, Judith, Oakley, Maureen Winn and McGovern, Deborah
Warwick: University of Warwick, 2001
ISBN: 0902683518
NSPCC-funded research into the use of emergency police protection under section 46 of the Children Act 1989 by 16 randomly selected police forces.
Child protection: HMIC thematic inspection report 1999.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
London: Home Office, 1999
ISBN: 1840822171
Identifies effective policies and good working practices for police forces in support of their child protection responsibilities. Child protection is discussed in its broadest sense to include police work in special child protection units, as well as work with child witnesses, child care issues, missing children, sexually abusive people, and measures to deal with child pornography and child prostitution.
Child abuse: training investigating officers.
Davies, Graham, Marshall, Emma and Robertson, Noelle
Home Office. Research and Statistics Directorate; Home Office. Policing and
Reducing Crime Unit
London: Home Office. Research and Statistics Directorate, 1998
ISBN: 1840821485
Examines the provision of training for police officers involved in the investigative interviewing of children for suspected abuse.
Learning to protect: a child protection resource pack for teacher training
NSPCC
Leicester: NSPCC, 2003
ISBN: 1842280392
Designed for tutors of primary and secondary initial teacher training courses who have responsibility for providing basic child protection awareness training for student teachers to help them to identify, support and protect children who might be at risk of abuse or neglect.
Education Act 2002: chapter 32.
Great Britain, laws and statutes
London: The Stationery Office (TSO), 2002
ISBN: 0105432024
An Act to make provision about education, training and childcare.
Child protection awareness in education.
NSPCC; EduCare
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: NSPCC, [2002]
Four module child protection awareness programme aimed at teachers, school governors and anyone involved in education. Read more about NSPCC EduCare child protection awareness programmes
Child protection and education
Baginsky, Mary
London: NSPCC, 2000
ISBN: 1842280082
Results of a survey aiming to identify how schools and local education authorities approach the area of child protection, and the evolving role of education in relation to child protection.
Pastoral care in schools: child protection.
Department of Education Northern Ireland (DENI)
Bangor, Co. Down: Department of Education Northern Ireland (DENI), 1999
Provides advice to schools on their responsibilities in relation to child protection, including the action to be taken to enable cases of suspected abuse to be properly considered and pursued.
Developing your child protection policy: guidance for schools.
Schonveld, Anne
Coventry: CEDC, 1998
ISBN: 0947607404
Outlines the processes involved in developing a child protection policy in schools, the relevant legislation and guidance which need to be considered, and what the policy should cover. Includes sample documents such as: a policy, statement of intent, guidelines for staff, and a record form.
Child protection: a guide for teachers and child care professionals.
Briggs, Freda and Hawkins, Russell M. F.
St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen and Unwin, 1997
ISBN: 1864482214
Offers practical help for the identification of child abuse and neglect and the support of child victims and, in particular, the provision of curriculum for child protection.
Child protection for teachers and schools: a guide to good practice.
Whitney, Ben
London: Kogan Page, 1996
ISBN: 0749418346
Schools and child protection: a training handbook for designated teachers.
Schonveld, Anne
Coventry: CEDC, 1995
ISBN: 0947607269
Training handbook aimed specifically at designated teachers, it provides training activities covering the major child protection issues for teachers.
Protecting children from abuse: the role of the education service: DFEE circular number 10/95.
Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)
London: Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), 1995
(NB: New guidance to replace DfEE 10/95 is due to be published in June 2004.)
Items included in this reading list do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSPCC. Anyone wishing to obtain any of the items on the list should contact their own public or academic library or bookshop. For information about publications produced by the NSPCC, please contact NSPCC Publications.
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