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ACTing Against the Abuse of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities

Rachael Clawson

Development Manager - Safeguarding Disabled Children Services

Biography

Rachael Clawson - BA (Hons) Social Policy and Administration, DipSW.
Master of Social Work

Rachael has a range of experience in the safeguarding field having worked as a local authority social worker both in mainstream and disabled children teams for a number of years before taking up her previous post as a Team Manager for the Disabled Children’s Team in Nottinghamshire. She is involved in a variety of work initiatives including devising and facilitating training programmes on safeguarding disabled children, policy writing, campaigning, consultancy work and research and is a member of a number of groups including the National Working Group on Child Protection and Disability, the Disabled Children’s Sub Group of Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board and the Crown Prosecution Service External Consultation Group on Children.

Rachael is also a Special Lecturer on the Ma and BA Social Work programmes at the University of Nottingham.

Her publications include:

Kitson. D & Clawson. R (2007) Safeguarding children with disabilities in Wilson. K & James. A (eds) The Child Protection Handbook. [3rd edition]

Clawson. R (2008) Working with disabled children and adults in Wilson. K, Ruch. G, Lymbery. M, & Cooper. M Social Work: An Introduction to Contemporary Practice.

Clawson, R (2008) “ Safeguarding in schools: are the needs of disabled children adequately met?” in Networking: Catholic Education Today, Vol 10, issue 1

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