A revolution in family policy

Henricson, Clem

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“…However the task of meeting parental need is greatly exacerbated in an era of austerity and growing inequality (Henricson, 2012;Children's Society, 2012; Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2014). Organising service access and evaluation to reflect a hierarchy of need in which parents (especially those living in poverty or poorer environments) are placed at the bottom will inevitably undermine, as opposed to ensure, the welfare of their children:…”

Section: Understanding the Relationship Between Parental And Child Needs And Parental And Child Outcomesmentioning

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Making the most of children centre management data: a researcher-practitioner partnership approach

Tunstill

Blewett

2016

Journal of Children's Services

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a collaboration between independent researchers and an English local authority to develop a framework for understanding and measuring outcomes in children centres. Design/methodology/approach – The project was based on developing a system for collecting quantitative and qualitative data that would reflect the multi-dimensional services delivered by children centres. This was called the Early Intervention Performance Outcomes Framework. It utilised the concept of interim outcomes and in so doing the aim was to create a system that would provide evidence for the difference these services could make to children and their families’ lives. It was also important for the system to enhance and not detract from service capacity in a period of austerity. Findings – The paper reports on the project when it had generated its first year of data. The paper describes the overall success of the project, the on-going challenges it faces and provides some examples of how interim outcomes represented “steps along the way” for children and families. Originality/value – The innovative collaboration described in this paper provides a positive example of how research methods can enhance both service design and delivery. It will be of interest to both those who work and manage children’s services and those engaged in research.

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Section: Understanding the Relationship Between Parental And Child Needs And Parental And Child Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making the most of children centre management data: a researcher-practitioner partnership approach

Tunstill

Blewett

2016

Journal of Children's Services

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Governing through trust: Community‐based link workers and parental engagement in education

Fretwell

Osgood

O'Toole

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British Educational Res J

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This article seeks to further understandings of contemporary patterns of parental government. It explores the politicisation of family life by examining a pilot programme tasked with enhancing parental engagement in education amongst ‘hard‐to‐reach’ families within the white British community of a large inner‐London borough. Focusing on the programme's signature device—the deployment of community‐based ‘link workers’ to bridge home and school—‘governmentality’ is used as a theoretical lens through which to foreground the link workers’ role in governing parents. We draw on qualitative data collected from link workers, parents and school leaders, to argue that link workers represent a mode of governmentality that privileges the instrumental use of trust to achieve strategic objectives, rather than coercive authority. The aim is to produce responsible, self‐disciplined parents who act freely in accordance with normative expectations as to what constitutes ‘good’ parenting and effective parental support. As such, the article highlights the link workers’ role in (re)producing the ideal, neoliberal parent. However, governing through trust comes at the cost of being unable to firmly secure desired outcomes. We thereby conclude that this gentle art of parental government affords parents some latitude in resisting institutional agendas.

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Between home and school: Mobilising ‘hard to reach’ White British parents to engage with their children’s education

Fretwell

2021

Educational Research for Social Justice

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A revolution in family policy

Cited by 8 publications

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Making the most of children centre management data: a researcher-practitioner partnership approach

Making the most of children centre management data: a researcher-practitioner partnership approach

Governing through trust: Community‐based link workers and parental engagement in education

Between home and school: Mobilising ‘hard to reach’ White British parents to engage with their children’s education

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