Developing advocacy for children and young people [electronic resource] : current issues in research, policy and practice / edited by Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple.

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ISBN:

9781846427893

9781843105961

9781281782229

Title:

Developing advocacy for children and young people [electronic resource] : current issues in research, policy and practice / edited by Christine M. Oliver and Jane Dalrymple.

Author:

Oliver, Christine M.

Publication Information:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Contents:

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 / 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 Christine M. Oliver -- Complaints and Children's Advocacy in Wales : Getting Behind the Rhetoric / Andy Pithouse and Ann Crowley -- Advocacy and Complaints Procedures : The Perspectives of Young People / Ann 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.

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Subject Term:

Children -- Services for.

Legal assistance to children.

Child welfare.

Children's rights.

Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Social advocacy.

Added Author:

Oliver, Christine M.

Dalrymple, Jane, 1951-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

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Summary

The role of an advocate for children is one that I perform myself which is why I have found much of the research presented in this book so interesting... We are all on the same side battling to improve life for children who have, through no fault of their own, been handed a very bad set of cards.'

- From the Foreword by Cherie Booth QC

Advocacy for vulnerable people is increasingly becoming a part of health and social care practice, and over the past decade policy developments have contributed to a rapid development of advocacy services for children and young people.

This book explores the latest debates and findings relating to research and practice in the field of children and young people's advocacy. Contributors present the key issues and dynamics of current advocacy practice and examine its role within health, education and social care services, including its impact on inter-professional collaboration, the development of personalised services and the barriers and facilitators to children's participation in children's services.

This book will be valued by any professional working with young people, including children and young people's advocates, health and social care professionals, teachers and youth workers.

Author Notes

Christine M. Oliver, MA, is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She has recently completed the first national study of advocacy for children and young people in England, prepared for the UK Department of Health and the DfES. She has published several books on advocacy for children and young people. Jane Dalrymple, PhD, MA, CQSW, PGCE, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, and has undertaken a number of evaluations of local advocacy services. She has published several books and articles on children's advocacy.