These children are more likely than their peers to be included on thechild protection register or become looked after. In serious cases,parental drug use has been noted as a feature in families where childrenhave suffered severe injury or death as a result of abuse or inadequatecare.
NCB's new toolkit, Adult Drug Problems, Children's Needs: Assessing theImpact of Parental Drug Use, was developed with funding from theDepartment of Health, and aims to help social workers and otherpractitioners work together to protect children.
- To buy a copy of the toolkit priced at 20 (16 to NCBmembers) visit www.ncb-books.org.uk, call 0845 458 9910 or emailncb@centralbooks.com.
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