Recent government initiatives and developments in professional
practice have been designed to help families in difficulty
effectively, in order to prevent child harm. This book examines
whether these changes have worked, by examining a large scale study
conducted by the NSPCC and drawing out the main messages for
practice and future policy.
The research findings are set out in terms of children’s and
families’ needs and expectations, agency interventions and
outcomes, community context, measures and perceived changes over
time.
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little information is presently available to them
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Table of Content
Foreword by Jane Tunstill.
Foreword by Lord Laming.
Acknowledgements.
Report of the Committee on Local Authority & Allied Personal
Social Services 1968.
Paul Boateng, Minister of Health, 1997.
1. Introduction and Summary of Findings.
2. About the Families.
3. Components of Parental Stress.
4. Children and Family Support.
5. Typologies of Family Difficulties.
6. Support Networks in the Community.
7. Overview of Family Support Provided by the NSPCC.
8. Examples of Family Support Practice.
9. Children in Need and Local Services.
10. Family Support Now.
References.
Reading List.
Appendix (Methodology).
Index.
About the author
Ruth Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway College, University of London.
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