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Developing advocacy for children and young people : current issues in research, policy and practice /

Contributor(s): Oliver, Christine M [editor.] | Dalrymple, Jane [editor.].
Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008Description: 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781843105961 (pb : alk. paper); 9781843105961:; 1843105969 (pb : alk. paper).Subject(s): Children -- Services for | Legal assistance to children | Child welfare | Children's rights | Children -- Legal status, laws, etc | Social advocacy | Great BritainDDC classification: 362.7
Contents:
Foreword / Cherie Booth QC -- Concepts, public policy and research / Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple -- Setting the scene : funding, patterns of advocacy provision and children's access to advocacy services / Christine M. Oliver -- An analysis of the role of advocacy in promoting looked after children's participation in statutory reviews / 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 / Sophia 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 Christine M. 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 M. Oliver -- Advocacy, participation and voice / Jane Dalrymple and Christine M. Oliver.
Summary: Advocacy for vulnerable people is increasingly becoming a part of health and social care practice, and policy developments have contributed to a rapid development of advocacy services for children and young people. This book explores the debates and findings relating to research and practice in the field.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword / Cherie Booth QC -- Concepts, public policy and research / Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple -- Setting the scene : funding, patterns of advocacy provision and children's access to advocacy services / Christine M. Oliver -- An analysis of the role of advocacy in promoting looked after children's participation in statutory reviews / 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 / Sophia 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 Christine M. 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 M. Oliver -- Advocacy, participation and voice / Jane Dalrymple and Christine M. Oliver.

Advocacy for vulnerable people is increasingly becoming a part of health and social care practice, and policy developments have contributed to a rapid development of advocacy services for children and young people. This book explores the debates and findings relating to research and practice in the field.

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