This book equips professionals with the ability to recognise a child at risk and to work with a child already suffering. Advice is offered on how to navigate the multi-disciplinary processes. Fictional case studies and exercises immerse the reader in scenarios. The authors lead readers through learning points, recommendations, and legislation.

• 1: Philippa Prentice: The History of child protection and child abuse in the UK: How did we get here?


• 2: Gayle Hann: Child protection and the law


• 3: Benita Morrissey: The consequences of child maltreatment and the public health perspective


• 4: Kerry Robinson and Maryam Hyrapetian: Challenges to professionals working in child protection


• 5: Laura Haynes and Gayle Hann: Definitions and types of abuse


• 6: Hannah Jacob: Physical abuse


• 7: Nirit Braha: Sexual abuse


• 8: Charlotte Holland: Emotional abuse


• 9: Eleanor Beagley and Gayle Hann: Neglect


• 10: Katherine Taylor and Gayle Hann: Other types of abuse


• 11: David James and Sophie Khadr: New challenges in child protection


• 12: Christopher Hands: Child maltreatment and cultural competence


• 13: Bryony Alderman: Child protection in primary care


• 14: Jacqueline Le Geyt and Gayle Hann: Acute presentations: child protection in the emergency department


• 15: Katherine Fawbert: Child protection medicals (assessing children in whom there are concerns about child maltreatment)


• 16: Ellie Day and Chloe Macaulay: The safeguarding process: putting the jigsaw together


• 17: Gayle Hann: Medical record keeping


• 18: Ellie Day: Communicating concerns to parents


• 19: Karen Aucott: Appearing in court


• 20: Arabella Simpkin and Gayle Hann: Child protection training


• 21: Eleanor Perera: Child protection: when things go wrong - Serious Case Reviews


• 22: Christopher Hands: Child protection in low resource settings


• Appendix 1: Social Care Referral Guidance and Example


• Appendix 2: Child Protection Medical Assessment


• Appendix 3: Format for a statement to court


• Appendix 4: Guidance on Completing a Police Statement and Sample Police Statement


• Appendix 5: Brief guidelines on Chain of Evidence


• Appendix 6: Body Maps


• Appendix 7: Discharge Planning Meeting Proforma

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.