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Emily Keddell, a social work lecturer and researcher at Otago University, New Zealand has recently published a paper on a study looking at the work of Open Home Foundation practitioners using the Signs of Safety approach in building safety to reunify children to their families of origin.

‘Not nearly enough attention is given to the detail of what child protection social workers actually do, where they do it and their experience of doing it’. These are the words of Professor Harry Ferguson in his latest book “Child Protection Practice” This book explores in rich detail the actual experience of doing the work built particularly around Harry’s experiences of directly shadowing child protection social workers on home visits and learning with them what effective practice looks like.

Andrew Turnell and Susie Essex's book is now available in dutch, the title being "Als er 'Niets ann de Hand' is".

For more information and to purchase the book go to here.

The English Government made public the final report from the Munro Review in Child Protection in England on May 10, 2011. Eileen Munro is one of the world’s leading thinkers on child protection practice and her report makes vital reading for anyone interested in reforming child protection organization and practice.