An Analytical Comparison Between England And Florida s...

â€Å"What could your agency do differently?† Answer this question referring to specific service delivery issues drawing on good practice from, at least, another part of the world. This assignment will begin by defining child protection. This will lead to an analytical comparison between England and Florida’s child protection approaches, structure of the system and possible practice issues. This will include will include relevant legislation and policies. Following this suggestions on the improvement of provisions and services will be made in accordance to the above findings. Child protection has been chosen for the focus of this assignment as this is a service that has been highlighted as an area that needs improvement within England. The†¦show more content†¦The Foundation for Government Accountability and Ingram (2013) suggest that a vast improvement can be seen in Florida’s child protection services. Therefore Florida is suitable to use for comparison. Child protection is linked to the welfare and safeguarding of children. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2005:19) suggest that child protection is a subgroup of promoting welfare and safeguarding children. Horwath (2007:247) defines child protection as the intervention to promote welfare and safeguard children who are identified as risk of or suffering substantial harm. Lawrence (2004:14) notes that there are four categories of child abuse which are at the heart of child protection, these are emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse and physical abuse. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013:7) add that child protection is ‘protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health and development, ensuring that children grow up in†¦safe and effective care’. Therefore the prevention of child abuse by identifying at risk or suffering children and promoting the health, wellbeing and welfare of children is the underpinning of chi ld protection. Within England there are a number of legislative frameworks and policies relating to child protection. The House of Commons Education Committee (2012) report that the Children’s Act 1989 is the legislative framework for England’s child protection system and