§16§There have long been doubts within social work about the viability of reconciling participatory practice with the statutory power that comes hand-in-hand with child protection work. This book explores §16§n, as well as §04§§1. Introduction.- Part I: The Perspectives of Children.- 2. Children's Experiences of Statutory Child Protection Interventions.- 3. Jayden, Madison and Grace.- 4. A Typology of Children's Participation in Child Protection Interventions.- Part II: The Agency of Children and the Structural Conditions of their Participation in Child Protection Interventions.- 5. Children's Agency in Child Protection Interventions.- 6. The Ideological Basis of Children's Participation in the Child Protection System.- 7.The Structural Conditions of Children's Participation in the Child Protection System.- 8. Reflections and Implications.§§ §02§Mandy Duncan is Senior