‘Too busy’? Father's attendance for family appointments

Walters, Jennifer; Tasker, Fiona; Bichard, Sheila

doi:10.1111/1467-6427.00166

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“…Moreover, fathers' reluctance to engage is often accepted by social workers (McKeown ) and family therapists (Walters et al . ) without question.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Parenting: the Invisibility Of Fathers In Socmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Compared to mothers, fathers traditionally have less exposure to child care professionals, and this may reinforce their apprehension (Chalmers 1992;Milner 1993). Moreover, fathers' reluctance to engage is often accepted by social workers (McKeown 2001) and family therapists (Walters et al 2001) without question.…”

Section: P E R C E P T I O N S O F Pa R E N T I N G : T H E I N V I Smentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social work and the shadow father: lessons for engaging fathers in Northern Ireland

Ewart-Boyle

Manktelow

McColgan

2013

Child & Family Social Work

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The legislative framework of social work practice has consistently highlighted the need to work in partnership with parents, with far‐reaching implications for families. However, the importance of engaging fathers in social work practice is an issue that has received limited attention within academic debate and research. A research study undertaken across six family centres, investigated paternal involvement in family centre social work in Northern Ireland. The study involved 46 semi‐structured interviews with social workers, fathers and mothers. This paper presents the views of 22 social workers on the barriers to paternal involvement in family centre interventions. A range of factors were identified which served to inhibit or promote engagement of fathers. There were substantially more deterrents than promoters, a clear indicator of the problematic nature of paternal involvement. The findings highlight that both attitudes and practices of social workers influence the engagement of fathers. Recommendations drawn from the findings are presented for the development of father – inclusive social work practices and research.

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“…Moreover, fathers' reluctance to engage is often accepted by social workers (McKeown ) and family therapists (Walters et al . ) without question.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Parenting: the Invisibility Of Fathers In Socmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: P E R C E P T I O N S O F Pa R E N T I N G : T H E I N V I Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Social work and the shadow father: lessons for engaging fathers in Northern Ireland

Ewart-Boyle

Manktelow

McColgan

2013

Child & Family Social Work

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“…In our experience, colleagues who ask us to teach and consult acknowledge they carry caseloads with high levels of domestic violence and, significantly, are often working in organisations that do not have policies on working therapeutically with domestic violence and referring on, nor do they offer specialised time for this work. For many agencies, much of their work is carried out with women and children, with men seen less often (Walters, Tasker, & Bichard, 2001). Specific services and responses for men are more patchy, such as men's groups for men on probation, and services for men as fathers.…”

Section: Definition Demography and Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Setting Up a Domestic Violence Service

Vetere

Cooper

2003

Child Adoles Ment Health

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Background: This paper describes some of the issues we confronted and resolved in setting up an independent dedicated domestic violence service. Method: In our project we work with violent behaviour that is known or suspected in the contexts of both assessment and therapy. We describe our policy on domestic violence, including confidentiality, our reflecting practices, our relationships with referrers as a means of managing the risk of violence, and the assessment and evaluation procedures we use for the assessment of risk of violence. We include some discussion of the effects of domestic violence on children and the effects of doing this work on ourselves. Conclusions: We conclude by discussing the moral issues involved for us as therapists in doing this work, the impact of the legal frame within which we work, and some of the social and psychological theories we find helpful in understanding the causes and effects of violent behaviour in the family.

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“…In general, researchers have found engagement of men in family-focused interventions to be more difficult than engagement of women (Martin, 2007; Walters, Tasker, & Bichard, 2001), which may result from fathers being less invested in childrearing (Fabiano, 2007). Men may also prefer other means of help-seeking than family-focused interventions.…”

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Predicting engagement in a transition to parenthood program for couples

Brown

Feinberg

Kan

2012

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Fostering participant engagement is a challenging but essential component of effective prevention programs. To better understand which factors influence engagement, this study examines several predictors of couple engagement in Family Foundations (FF), a preventive intervention for first-time parents shown to enhance parent mental health, couple relations, parenting quality, and child adjustment through age three years. FF consists of a series of classes delivered through childbirth education departments at local hospitals. Baseline data on socio-demographics, parent mental health, and couple relationship quality were examined as predictors of participants’ level of engagement in FF (n = 89 couples, 178 individuals). Sociodemographic variables such as parent gender, socioeconomic status, and age predicted program engagement to a limited extent. However, findings indicated that marital status was the best predictor of engagement. Discussion focuses on how findings can inform the development of practices that promote engagement, such as the use of targeted outreach efforts for individuals most at risk of disengagement.

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‘Too busy’? Father's attendance for family appointments

Cited by 25 publications

References 19 publications

Social work and the shadow father: lessons for engaging fathers in Northern Ireland

Social work and the shadow father: lessons for engaging fathers in Northern Ireland

Setting Up a Domestic Violence Service

Predicting engagement in a transition to parenthood program for couples

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