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Support and Services for Parents: A Review of Practice Development in Scotland

DescriptionThree year national evaluated pilot intended to focus on systems and practice for the operation of Parenting orders.
ISBN978 0 7559 7047 (Web Only)
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateMay 30, 2008

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Linda Hutton, Sarah MacQueen, Joe Curran and Bill Whyte, Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland

ISBN 978 0 7559 7047 6 (Web only publication)
ISSN 0950 2254

This document is also available in pdf format (656k)
This report is also accompanied by,
Insight 41, Research Findings Support and Services for Parents in Scotland,
Support & Services for parents in scotland: A review of Practice Development in Scotland.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
Policy and Legislative Background
National Pilot Evaluation

CHAPTER TWO DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
Introduction
Strategies and Protocols
Key Points from the Literature Review Informing the Framework for Analysis of Strategy and Protocol Documents
Framework for Analysis of Strategy and Protocol Documents
Interviews with Practitioners
Mapping of Services

CHAPTER THREE STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO PARENTING SUPPORT
Introduction
Strategic development within Community Health Partnerships
Strategic development within the local authorities
Analysis of the Strategic Approaches
Summary

CHAPTER FOUR INTERVIEWS WITH PRACTITIONERS
How Parenting Issues Come to Light
First Steps in Addressing Parenting Issues and Working with Other Agencies
Inter-agency Communication
Gaps in Service Provision
Engaging Families with Services
Parenting Orders and the Use of Compulsion
Additional Comments Made by Interviewees
Summary

CHAPTER FIVE MAPPING OF SERVICES
Background of the Data
Quality of the Data
Responses to the Mapping Exercise
Findings
Summary

CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

ANNEX 1 DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED IN THE ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC APPROACHES
ANNEX 2 'ABCDE' MODEL OF STRATEGIC PARENTING
ANNEX 3 SOCIAL WORK INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
ANNEX 4 PERSONNEL AT HEALTH AND EDUCATION INTERVIEWS
ANNEX 5 INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR EDUCATION/HEALTH PERSONNEL
ANNEX 6 PARENTING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT DETAILS
ANNEX 7 INFORMATION ON SERVICES (LA13 AND LA21)
ANNEX 8 COMMON PARENTING SERVICES/PROVISION
ANNEX 9 MAPPING EXERCISE TEMPLATES
ANNEX 10 SERVICES BY LOCAL AUTHORITY
ANNEX 11 FRAMEWORK FOR PARENTING SERVICES

It should be noted that since this research was commissioned a new Scottish government has been formed, which means that the report reflects commitments and strategic objectives conceived under the previous administration. The policies, strategies, objectives and commitments referred to in this report should not therefore be treated as current Government policy. The name 'Scottish Executive' has also been changed to 'Scottish Government' since inception of the evaluation.

This document was published by Education Analytical Services, Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ.

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The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Government Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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