The Child Protection Practice Manual

Training practitioners how to safeguard children

Edited by Gayle Hann and Caroline Fertleman

Realistic but fictional cases immerse the reader in the subject and highlight learning points
Case exercises allow the reader to test their knowledge and give senior doctors exercises to use in teaching sessions
Includes new material not previously covered such as radicalisation, honour based violence, internet bullying

The Child Protection Practice Manual

Training practitioners how to safeguard children

Edited by Gayle Hann and Caroline Fertleman

Description

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect. A number of these deaths are later deemed preventable because the child involved was known to either social services or to a health professional. Cases such as those of Baby P and Victoria Climbie highlighted the failings of these organisations, ones set up to safeguard children.

It is the responsibility of every health professional worldwide to identify and respond to child abuse and yet that very responsibility is both emotionally and strategically challenging. The Child Protection Practice Manual: Training practitioners how to safeguard children equips professionals with the ability to recognise a child at risk and the knowledge of how to work with a child already suffering abuse. Practical advice is offered on how to navigate the multi-disciplinary processes. Fictional case studies and exercises immerse the reader in scenarios. Building on this, the authors lead readers through learning points, recommendations, and legislation.

With new definitions in child protection ranging from child sexual exploitation, gang violence, radicalisation and internet bullying through to female genital mutilation, witchcraft and spirit possession, honour based violence and forced marriage, this book will be a valuable resource for qualified paediatricians and those in training, as well as professionals who have contact with children such as GPs, nurses, health visitors, social workers, midwives, teachers, lawyers, and community workers.

The Child Protection Practice Manual

Training practitioners how to safeguard children

Edited by Gayle Hann and Caroline Fertleman

1:The History of child protection and child abuse in the UK: How did we get here?, Philippa Prentice
2:Child protection and the law, Gayle Hann
3:The consequences of child maltreatment and the public health perspective, Benita Morrissey
4:Challenges to professionals working in child protection, Kerry Robinson and Maryam Hyrapetian
5:Definitions and types of abuse, Laura Haynes and Gayle Hann
6:Physical abuse, Hannah Jacob
7:Sexual abuse, Nirit Braha
8:Emotional abuse, Charlotte Holland
9:Neglect, Eleanor Beagley and Gayle Hann
10:Other types of abuse, Katherine Taylor and Gayle Hann
11:New challenges in child protection, David James and Sophie Khadr
12:Child maltreatment and cultural competence, Christopher Hands
13:Child protection in primary care, Bryony Alderman
14:Acute presentations: child protection in the emergency department, Jacqueline Le Geyt and Gayle Hann
15:Child protection medicals (assessing children in whom there are concerns about child maltreatment), Katherine Fawbert
16:The safeguarding process: putting the jigsaw together, Ellie Day & Chloe Macaulay
17:Medical record keeping, Gayle Hann
18:Communicating concerns to parents, Ellie Day
19:Appearing in court, Karen Aucott
20:Child protection training, Arabella Simpkin and Gayle Hann
21:Child protection: when things go wrong - Serious Case Reviews, Eleanor Perera
22:Child protection in low resource settings, Christopher Hands
Appendix 1: Social Care Referral Guidance and Example, Gayle Hann
Appendix 2: Child Protection Medical Assessment, Gayle Hann
Appendix 3: Format for a statement to court, Karen Aucott
Appendix 4: Guidance on Completing a Police Statement and Sample Police Statement, Gayle Hann
Appendix 5: Brief guidelines on Chain of Evidence, Gayle Hann
Appendix 6: Body Maps, Conrad Von Stempel
Appendix 7: Discharge Planning Meeting Proforma, Gayle Hann

The Child Protection Practice Manual

Training practitioners how to safeguard children

Edited by Gayle Hann and Caroline Fertleman

Author Information

Edited by Gayle Hann, Consultant Paediatrician, North Middlesex University Hospital, UK, and Caroline Fertleman, Consultant Paediatrician, Whittington Health, UK

Dr Gayle Hann worked as a research psychologist for Cornwall Alcohol and Drugs Agency after graduating from the University of Plymouth. She spent many years working in orphanages in Romania. She retrained as a doctor at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 2002. She is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has been a consultant at the North Middlesex University Hospital since 2013 and is the named doctor for child protection and the lead for paediatric emergency medicine. In addition to her paediatric workload she is a senior lecturer at University College London.

Dr Caroline Fertleman has been a consultant Paediatrician at The Whittington Hospital since 2005. As part of her remit she led for Child Protection Training in the trust and has been the most experienced trainer in London for the Child Protection Recognition and Response course running many courses to date and training many faculty. She has developed safeguarding training for undergraduates and has led on improving work based placed assessments particularly in the area of child protection training at a national level. Besides her NHS role as a paediatrician she holds three other paid educational roles; She is a training programme director for paediatrics (North East, North Central London), the site sub-dean for UCL Medical School at the Whittington Campus and honorary senior lecturer at the UCL Institute of Child Health as co-director of the iBSc in Paediatrics and Child Health.

Contributors:

Bryony Alderman, Final Year Medical Student, University College London Medical School, UK
Karen Aucott, Paediatric Registrar, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Ellie Beagley, Final Year Medical Student, University College London Medical School, UK
Nirit Braha, Paediatric Registrar, Whittington Hospital, London, UK
Ellie Day, Paediatric Registrar, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, UK
Katherine Fawbert, Paediatric Registrar and Fellow in Medical Education, London School of Paediatrics, UK
Caroline Fertleman, Consultant Paediatrician, Whittington Hospital, London Site, UK Subdean, University College London Medical School at the Whittington Campus, UK, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Child Health, UK, and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
Christopher Hands, Paediatric Registrar, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, UK Charity worker, Klevis Kola Foundation, UK and Moroccan Children's Trust, UK
Gayle Hann, Consultant Paediatrician, Named Doctor and Lead for Paediatric Emergency Medicine, North Middlesex University Hospital, UK and Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Child Health, UK
Laura Haynes Final Year Medical Student, University College London Medical School, UK
Charlotte Holland, Paediatric Registrar, Hackney Community Health, UK
Mariyam Hyrapetian, Paediatric Registrar, Whittington Hospital, London, UK
Hannah Jacob, Paediatric Registrar, Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
David James, Paediatric Registrar and Fellow in Medical Education, London School of Paediatrics, UK
Sophie Khadr, Paediatric Registrar in Adolescent Medicine Walport NIHR, UK
Jacqueline Le Geyt, Paediatric Registrar North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Benita Morrissey, Paediatric Registrar, Whittington Hospital and Fellow in Medical Education, University College London, UK
Chloe Macaulay, Consultant Paediatrician, Evelina Children's Hospital,Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, UK
Eleanor Perera, Paediatric Registar, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Hertfordshire, UK
Philippa Prentice, Paediatric Registrar, Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, UK
Kerry Robinson, Consultant Paediatrician, Whittington Hospital, London, UK
Arabella Simpkin, Paediatric Registrar Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Hertfordshire, UK
Katherine Taylor, Paediatric Registrar Barts, UK and the London NHS Trust, UK
Conrad Von Stempel, Radiology Registrar, University College Hospital, UK