Child Abuse and Social Work Practice

Dr Samina Karim is an Associate Professor of Social Work and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, with experience of teaching social work at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the UK and overseas. Dr Karim is an international expert in the field of child protection and is currently leading on transforming social work education in Pakistan with UNICEF. Her research interests are in the areas of child abuse and child protection and the subject of power within social work theory and practice.

• Chapter 1: The Global Challenge of Child AbuseChapter 2: Child Abuse and the UK Policy ContextChapter 3: Forms of Child AbuseChapter 4: The Impact of Child AbuseChapter 5: Perpetrators of Child AbuseChapter 6: Revisiting Power and Power FrameworksChapter 7: Power-Informed Practice for Social WorkChapter 8: Working with Child Victims of AbuseChapter 9: Working with Adult Victims-Survivors of Abuse