Full Description
Safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children is a statutory duty for all nurses and midwives. This book helps equip student nurses and midwives with the confidence, knowledge and skills needed for working with families to support and protect children. It covers the full spectrum of safeguarding work, from professional issues such as boundaries and confidentiality through to attachment and communication.
Key features:
-A clear explanation of the policy and key theories informing safeguarding work.
-Consideration of the common challenges you are likely to face, such as vulnerability in pregnancy, domestic violence and parenting capacity.
-Reflective activities and case histories which help you to develop and enhance your own practice.
The book also considers multi-agency working and includes important coverage on professional issues like boundaries, confidentiality, referral and accountability. Written with clarity and accuracy, the authors have produced an important resource suitable for any nurse or midwife preparing to work with children and families.
Contents
Part I: Policies and theories
Policy to practice - Lynn Kelly, Gill Watson and Sandra Rodwell
Key themes in safeguarding and protecting children and young people - Sandra Rodwell and Gill Watson
Attachment - Gill Watson and Lynn Kelly
Risk assessment - Sandra Rodwell and Gill Watson
Part II: Relationships, communication and practice
Vulnerability in pregnancy and childbirth - Joan Cameron
Supporting the development of positive parenting - Susan Redman, Morag Rush and Gill Watson
Family-centred care - Jo Corlett and Gill Watson
Engaging with children, young people and their families - Sandra Rodwell and Gill Watson
Part III: Factors impacting on practice
Responding to domestic abuse in the lives of children - Sandra Rodwell
Getting it right: supporting professional responses to child safeguarding and protection - Gill Watson and Sandra Rodwell
