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Parental mental health and child welfare: reviews of policy and professional education
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, COX Pat
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 158p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health has been the focus of much recent policy development accompanied by increasing awareness of the impact of mental illness, not only on those who experience it, but also on family members, including children, and wider communities. This knowledge review examines existing knowledge and practice in health and social care services regarding parental mental health and child welfare. New guidelines for health and social care staff working with adults and children in a range of settings will be produced. It presents the results of searches of policy and searches of guidance on professional education, to ascertain whether, how and to what extent knowledge, structures, models, skills and values for working with parents with mental health problems and their children are addressed in policy and in professional education. The aims and objectives of these reviews were established through a process of consultation with SCIE and the main body of work was undertaken between December 2006 and September 2007 with revisions added in response to reviewers’ comments early in 2008. The reviews aim to be transparent and accessible in both description of process and presentation of findings, and fit for purpose in progressing the larger review of parental mental health and child welfare.
Applying the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services
- Authors:
- DUFFY Joe, DAVIDSON Gavin, KAVANAGH Damien
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 22(1), 2016, pp.35-49.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is a range of theoretical approaches which may inform the interface between child protection and adult mental health services. These theoretical perspectives tend to be focused on either child protection or mental health with no agreed integrating framework. The interface continues to be identified, in research, case management reviews and inquiry reports, as complex and problematic. This article proposes that more positive, integrated approaches to service user engagement, risk assessment and management may lead to better outcomes in working with families experiencing parental mental health problems and child protection concerns. It is proposed that the recovery approach, increasingly used in mental health services, can inform the processes of engagement, assessment and intervention at the mental health and child protection interface. The article provides a critical overview of the recovery approach and compares it with approaches typifying interventions in child protection work to date. Relevant research and inquiries are also examined as a context for how to more effectively respond to cases where there are issues around parental mental health problems and child protection. The article concludes with case material to illustrate the potential application of the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services. (Publisher abstract)
Speaking up for families
- Author:
- EVANS Reiz
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, 71, Winter 2010, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
The advocacy services provided by Advocacy Partners Speaking Up to parents with learning disabilities and mental health needs are discussed. A short case study describes how the service helped a mother with learning disabilities and mental health needs whose child had been placed on a child protection plan.
Left behind by Laming
- Author:
- GARBODEN Molly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.4.10, 2010, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The second report from Lord Laming led to a number of new priorities for councils and other organisations involved in children's safeguarding. Concerns that these new priorities have led to the needs of other groups of vulnerable children being neglected are discussed. Children and young people who are at risk of sexual exploitation, children of mentally ill parents and disabled children are highlighted as at risk. Two short case studies are included.
Parents with mental illness: decision-making in Australian children's court cases involving parents with mental health problems
- Authors:
- SHEEHAN Rosemary, LEVINE Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 27(1), March 2005, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on a study undertaken in 2002, in the Mellbourne Children's Court, to examine (a) the extent to which the children of parents with mental health problems are involved in child protection matters, (b) the contribution by mental health professionals to resolving these child welfare concerns, and (c) the difficulties which confront the Court in deciding these matters. Information was gathered from 114 child protection cases referred by Magistrates in the Melbourne Children's Court to a pre-hearing conference during the months of February, March and the first half of April, 2002. The results found that, although parents with mental health problems are a significant group coming to Court, there is negligible involvement by mental health professionals in the child protection system. and little co-operation between adult mental health and child protection services in this field. The Court was, therefore, given little appreciation of a parent's mental health functioning and its contribution to, and impact upon, the child, and thus may not have all necessary information about the needs of, and likely outcomes for, these children and their parents.
Representing parents with mental health problems
- Author:
- FISH David.
- Journal article citation:
- Family Law, 35, May 2005, pp.375-381.
- Publisher:
- Jordan
The author explains why it is important for solicitors representing parents with mental health problems to have a basic knowledge of the terminology used by psychiatrists in the diagnosis and treatment of those suffering from a mental health problem. The article covers what is meant by psychotic illness and neurotic illness; the definition of mental disorder under section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983; the main approaches to treating mental health problems; the concept of capacity, and representing parents in care proceedings.
Partnership in mental health and child welfare: social work responses to children living with parental mental illness
- Author:
- SHEEHAN Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 39(3/4), 2004, pp.309-323.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Mental illness is an issue for a number of families reported to child protection agencies. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. A recent study undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria, Australia) found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprised just under thirty percent of all new child protection applications brought to the Court and referred to alternative dispute resolution, during the first half of 1998. This paper reports on the study findings, which are drawn from a descriptive survey of 228 Pre-Hearing Conferences. A data collection schedule was completed for each case, gathering information about the child welfare concerns, the parents' problems, including mental health problems, and the contribution by mental health professionals to resolving child welfare concerns. The study found that the lack of involvement by mental health social workers in the child protection system meant the Children's Court was given little appreciation of either a child's emotional or a parent's mental health functioning. The lack of effective cooperation between the adult mental health and child protection services also meant decisions made about these children were made without full information about the needs and the likely outcomes for these children and their parents. This lack of interagency cooperation between mental health social work and child welfare also emerged in the findings of the Icarus project, a cross-national project, led by Brunel University, in England. This project compared the views and responses of mental health and child welfare social workers to the dependent children of mentally ill parents, when there were child protection concerns. It is proposed that adult mental health social workers involve themselves in the assessment of, and interventions in, child welfare cases when appropriate, and share essential information about their adult, parent clients. Children at risk of abuse and neglect are the responsibility of all members of the community, and relevant professional groups must accept this responsibility. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Research into practice
- Author:
- AYRE Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, p.45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a comparative study of European child protection procedures where parents have mental health problems.
Children of parents with mental illness
- Editor:
- COWLING Vicki
- Publisher:
- Australian Council for Educational Research
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 230p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Melbourne, VIC
A study into the impact on children when their parents have mental illness. The children have to deal with the symptoms and with parental behaviour and professional interventions that they do not understand, and the side effects on them can be profound. It combines theoretical basis with first-hand experiences of parents and adult children. It covers a range of psychological disorders, and, through case studies, analyses the ability of such a parent still to function as a care-giver. Programs to help those affected by mental illness are evaluated by users as well as providers.
Families that have alcohol and mental health problems: a template for partnership working
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, KEARNEY Patricia, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is about delivering high quality co-ordinated services to families where children live with parents who misuse alcohol or have mental health problems. In line with government policy, it recognises that promoting the well-being of children and keeping them safe should be achieved, wherever possible, by providing support for parents in bringing up their children and by ensuring children do not take on excessive or inappropriate caring roles in their families. It promotes the use of collaborative protocols to further good practice and offers a template for agencies to use when developing local initiatives. (Previously published as SCIE Resource Guide no. 1).