TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Kellie TI - Strengthening child protection: sharing information in multi-agency settings SN - 9781447322511 (pbk.) : U1 - 362.7'0941 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Bristol PB - Policy Press KW - Child welfare KW - Great Britain KW - Society KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Specialized N2 - In the wake of official reviews of a number of high-profile deaths of at-risk children in the United Kingdom, the topic of information sharing among social service agencies and staff has become both a political and a moral imperative. But while the concept is easy - information should be shared widely among agencies - the practice is much more complex, involving complications ranging from interagency cooperation to the need to protect privacy. This book steers a course through those problems, offering a close analysis of how information sharing can and should work to help social workers build a full picture of a child's life - and thereby help to safeguard and improve it ER -