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Jenny Clifton's paper begins by pointing out that refuges are not only providing a useful service, a place of sanctuary for battered women, but are also a practical expression of the women's movement. The internal organization of refuges reflects the ideology of Women's Aid, notably the principles of self-help and democratic decision-making, and the paper asks if these principles are compatible with the practical requirements of running a refuge. Questions are raised about the most appropriate roles for paid refuge workers and support groups given the ideological commitment to self-help and democratic control. Workers in a particular group of refuges performed four main roles: liaison and negotiation with outside funding agencies; helping the women with complex legal, housing and welfare matters; general emotional and practical support of the women; work with children. It is clear that some of the women wanted workers to assume a more directive approach, but this was pressure which workers felt bound to resist in the interests of encouraging self-help. Self-help was very much more than an empty ideal. Five distinct areas of self-help could be identified and the principle worked in the sense that the women did become more self-reliant and confident. The refuges also managed to interest some women in the broader concerns of the women's movement and to help them towards a broader conception of the roots of marital violence.

The number of children entering the child protection system has risen dramatically in the last three years with implications for children's services and partner agencies. This timely volume takes a critical look at the impact of the Munro Review (2011) on child protection and the Government's response. It looks at questions including how effective Local Safeguarding Children Boards are in providing the necessary scrutiny to ensure children are safe, how the early offer of help at local level might reduce the numbers of children at the critical end of the spectrum and whether reducing regulation from the centre will result in better outcomes for the most vulnerable? Moreover, it also considers those young people who traditionally bypass child protection services but remain at risk of harm. These are critical questions for both policy and practice in understanding the reforms Munro states are required. Contributions from leading experts working in the child protection system review current safeguarding policy and explore the future after Munro

Four years after the publication of the influential Munro Report (2011) this important publication draws together a range of experts working in the field of child protection to critically examine what impact the reforms have had on multi-agency child protection systems in this country, at both local and national level. With a particular emphasis on early intervention, vulnerable adolescents and effective multi-agency responses to young people at risk, specialists from policy and practice alongside academics in different areas of children's services consider progress in improving child protection arrangements, in transforming services and the challenges that remain. Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), the statutory bodies responsible for local scrutiny of child protection arrangements, are now subject to Ofsted inspection and this publication considers the role of LSCBs, how services should respond to the most vulnerable children and what 'good' services look like