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Children living in families facing adversity: NSPCC helplines report
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
Using data gathered from NSPCC Childline and helpline services in 2016/17, this report aims to help people who work with children to understand how it feels when their family is facing adversity, and how to provide appropriate support. It reports that in 2016/17 the NSPCC responded to 15,032 contacts to their helpline about children living in families where parents are experiencing domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health problems. They also delivered 12,099 Childline counselling sessions where children raised concerns about living in a family facing adversity. The effects on children’s and young people’s wellbeing can include: mental health problems, poor performance at school, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and feelings, and struggling to build and maintain relationships with friends or partners. Children may also struggle to find support, because they don’t feel able to talk to their parents. The report provides links to resources from Childline’s website which young people living in families where there is domestic abuse, parental substance misuse or parental mental health problems might find helpful. It also provides links to additional resources for professionals. (Edited publisher abstract)
Parents with a mental health problem: learning from case reviews
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- NSPCC
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing highlights risk factors and key learning for improved practice from case reviews where the mental health problems of parents was a key factor. It is based on case reviews published from since 2013. The briefing identifies the following risk factors for practitioners to be aware of: disclosure of suicidal feelings; threats to kill; stress factors; domestic abuse; drug or alcohol misuse; and lack of engagement with services. Pointers to improve practice include: giving better consideration of the impact of mental health issues on parenting capacity; the need for children's services and adult services to work together and think of the whole family; listening to parents; having the confidence to question and challenge; and ensuring assessment is a shared task between children's social workers and adult mental health. (Edited publisher abstract)
All babies count: information for professionals
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on their full report 'All babies count', the NSPCC present key areas for professionals working with babies and infants at risk of child abuse or neglect. It highlights the increased risk babies face when parents are experiencing mental health problems, domestic abuse, substance misuse, or mental health problems. It also looks at the principles that enable services to be more effective in keeping babies safe. Four new NSPCC programmes for protecting babies are also briefly described.