Responding to Self‐harm: A documentary Analysis of Agency Policy and Procedure. (15th September 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Paul, Sally; Hill, Malcolm
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 27:Number 3(2013:May)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2011-09-15
• Subjects: Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00399.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This paper reports on the findings of a documentary analysis of policies and procedures relating to self‐harm from a range of organisations working with young people in the UK. It identifies the extent to which policies and/or procedures relating to self‐harm are available for service providers and offers a wider understanding of the concepts of self‐harm and approaches to helping as incorporated into service guidance and delivery. It highlights the prevalence of self‐harming behaviours in a climate of stigma and the need to define appropriate and supportive agency responses from a trained staff that is both sensitive and individualised.</p> </abstract>