Safeguarding and Mental Health Support in Conte, Sims-Schouten..

Taylor & Francis

Safeguarding and Mental Health Support in Contemporary ChildhoodHow the Deserving/Undeserving Paradigm from the Past Overshadows the Present\nAuthor(s): Wendy Sims-Schouten\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367000912, 978-0367000912\nSynopsis\nApproaches regarding safeguarding and mental health in childhood have been in constant flux. Framed within a critical realist ontology, this book provides insight into causal factors (individual, material, institutional) and social structures that impact on the continued legacy of the deserving/undeserving' paradigm.\n\nDrawing on historical data from children taken into care by the Waifs and Strays Society [tel] and contemporary data from interviews with young care leavers and safeguarding practitioners/professionals, this book shows how at present and in the past, certain children and families miss(ed) out on support and interventions due to complex needs, financial cuts a.