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‘I'm just a mother. I'm nothing special, they're all professionals’: parental advocacy as an aid to parental engagement. |
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Child and Family Social Work, 17(2), May 2012, pp.244-253. |
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1356-7500 |
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1365-2206 |
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Parents involved with child protection services may need support to enable them to engage with and work in partnership with professionals to make the changes necessary for their children’s safety and well-being. Family Rights Group is a registered charity which advocates and campaigns for parents whose children are subject to child protection proceedings. This paper discusses findings from an evaluation of an advocacy scheme ran by Family Rights Group from October 2009 to September 2010. The views of 18 parents were obtained by postal questionnaire or interview. In addition, the views of 19 social workers and 12 conference chairpersons were obtained using written feedback. The findings demonstrate encouraging findings of parents' experiences of being heard, being able to listen, and, in some cases, to act on concerns about their children's welfare. In addition, 3 ‘entrenched’ case studies where parental co-operation was considered problematic are provided. These cases provide accounts of practices that are gendered and occur against a backdrop of ethnic disadvantage. The paper concludes that current debates about reform need to recognise the need to support parents to manage intimidating systems. |
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advocacy; child protection; empowerment; ethnicity; evaluation; gender; parents; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=3d80c4ef-cd89-45bd-a6b9-2a948c91108e |
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