Safeguarding Children from Abroad

Emma Kelly is Lecturer in Social Work (Safeguarding Children), University of Salford, UK. She has worked in the field of safeguarding children for many years, and her particular expertise and interest lies in safeguarding children from abroad and trafficked children. Farhat Bokhari is an independent consultant. She has spent several years researching and writing on separated migrant children.

• Introduction. Emma Kelly, University of Salford, UK and Farhat Bokhari, Independent Consultant. 1. Separated Children in the UK: Policy and Legislation. Farhat Bokhari. 2. Identification of Separated Children in the UK. Phil Ishola, Harrow Children's Services. 3. Asylum, Age Disputes and the Process of Age Assessment. Heaven Crawley, University of Swansea, UK and Emma Kelly. 4. Safe Accommodation for Separated Children. Hannah Pearce, ECPAT, UK. 5. Living with Unrelated Adults: Private Fostering. Catherine Shaw, National Children's Bureau and Savita de Sousa, British Association of Adoption and Fostering. 6. Safeguarding the Mental Health Needs of Separated Children. Ruth V. Reed, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Mina Fazel, University of Oxford, UK. 7. Return of Separated Children to Country of Origin. Nadine Finch, Garden Court Chambers. 8. Listening to Separated Children. Emma Kelly. 9. The Role of the Guardian for Separated Children. Stefan Stoyanov, Children's Commissioner for Scotland. Index.

Overall the book achieves its aim of being an accessible document for a variety of professionals who may be involved in work with separated children. It demystifies practice, highlighting the need for a focus on the needs and welfare of children, while it does not shy away from the complexities of working with a particularly vulnerable group of children on the move.