| Constructing risk and avoiding need: findings from interviews with social workers and police officers involved in safeguarding work with migrant children. |
| Summary: Reports on a qualitative study looking at agencies working with children at a port of entry into the UK, in particular children arriving unaccompanied. Interviews with social workers and police, asking for their views of multi-agency safeguarding and assessment practices, found tensions between workers and roles. Suggests the need for the development of cultural skills and the use of interpreters in assessment work. |
| Publication details: Child Abuse Review (Vol.21, Iss.5) Sept-Oct 2012 pp 349-361 |
| Authors: Joanne L. Westwood |
