‘Every Child Matters’: The Shift to Prevention whilst Strengthening Protection in Children’s Services in England

Parton, Nigel (2006) ‘Every Child Matters’: The Shift to Prevention whilst Strengthening Protection in Children’s Services in England. In: XVIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect: Children in a Changing World: Getting it Right, 3rd - 6th September 2006, University of York, York, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The publication of the Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’ and the passage of the Children Act 2004 marks a significant shift in thinking about the organisation of children’s services in England. While the Government has presented the changes as a response to the Laming Report into the death of Victoria Climbie, they are much
more than this. The changes build on many of the ideas and policies the Government had been developing over a number of years, which emphasise the importance of intervening in children’s lives at an early stage in order to prevent problems in later life. This paper critically analyses the assumptions which underpin the changes and argues that the relationship between parents, children, professionals and the state are being reconfigured as a result and that the priority given to the accumualtion, monitoring and exchange of information takes on an increasing signicicance.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood Studies School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Research in the Social Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research
Related URLs:	Author Conference
Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	28 May 2009 08:24
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2015 15:21
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4538

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