Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of WelfareThe public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns and public interest - both local and national - that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case have still failed to find a satisfactory resolution today. Social work, then and now, remains 'on trial'. |
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Social work on trial: The Colwell inquiry and the state of welfare Butler, Ian,Drakeford, Mark Limited preview - 2011 |
Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of Welfare Ian Butler,Mark Drakeford Limited preview - 2012 |
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119 Maresfield Road administrative April Argus asked authority Barbara Castle Bill Kepple Brighton bruising chapter child abuse child protection Colwell Inquiry Colwell's Committee concerned concluded Cooper court Crossman Daily Mirror Day Eleven Day Five Day Seventeen Day Twenty-Five December decision DHSS Diana Lees Dickenson Dr Barley East Sussex education welfare officer evidence family service Field-Fisher foster Frederic Seebohm health visitor hearing Home Office Inquiry report Inquiry's involved January Kepple's Kirby later legislation London majority report Maria Colwell Maria's death matters Mildon ministers Miss Bodger Miss Lees mother neighbours November NSPCC Olive Stevenson organisation parents Pauline Kepple Peter Connelly political practice problem family professional public inquiry recorded responsibility Rutson scandal Secretary Seebohm Sir Keith Joseph Social Services Department social workers suggested Sussex County taken telephone Tester told the Inquiry week welfare services Whitehawk