Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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