...Vivi Antonopoulou; Michael Killian; Donald Forrester Purpose Effectively engaging parents under stress is a key component of skilful child welfare practice. This paper aims to investigate how social workers practice with parents with either high or normal levels of stress. Design/methodology...

...Gráinne Hickey; Yvonne Leckey; Sinead McGilloway Purpose Parenting programmes are increasingly a feature of services and policies aimed at improving outcomes for children and families and tackling inequality, yet they remain underused. This study aims to assess parent engagement and retention...

.... In the study carried out by Darlington et al. (2010) , practitioners identified two factors: the parents and the system. Firstly, most social workers considered that participation was dependent on a parent’s willingness to engage and on them developing insight into their behaviour. In other words...

... of impaired psychological functioning and who did not report violence in the home remained, and received more than the prescribed number of home visits over the course of their involvement. Originality/value – Results showed that domestic violence increased the risk of poor engagement with a targeted...

... of the different parties which shed further light on reasons why a young person may or may not engage with mental health services. Research limitations/implications – The study is based on a small sample of young people from one service, but it is hoped that the findings will be a useful springboard...

... Ethnicity Behaviour problems Outreach Engagement © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Intention to attend parenting programmes: does ethnicity make a difference? Asmita Patel and Rachel Calam Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, UK Angela Latham Royal Manchester...