A Guide to Child Protection and Case Management: Roles of social work and social care

by Sudha Menon

This book is a primer on child protection and case management. Using a multidisciplinary perspective with international relevance, the book explores some of the pertinent issues that have led to the changes in social work and social care with specific focus on child protection. The book conceptualises and defines the term child protection and its boundaries, narrates the role of parents, highlights the need for preventing systematic victimisation of children and offers clear understanding on the processes of intervention. The book will be a valuable resource for teachers, under graduate students and social work practitioners engaged in identifying and handling cases of child abuse and neglect.

243 pages, Hardcover

Published December 1, 2021

About the author

Sudha Menon is a journalist with over two decades of experience ín news and feature Writing. She has Worked in some of India’s prominent newspapers, including The Independent (The Times Group), The Hindu Business Line (The Hindu Group), and Mint (HT Media in exclusive agreement with Wall Street Journal).