... can be contacted at: anna@triangleconsulting.co.uk 13 10 2020 25 03 2021 14 04 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Reliability Evaluation Validity Outcomes star Family support Family star plus...

...Daryl Sweet; Karen Winter; Laura Neeson; Paul Connolly Purpose This paper aims to assess the reliability, validity and use of the Family Star Plus, one of several Outcomes Stars increasingly used as part of outcomes-based accountability approaches in the delivery of family support services...

... Children Practice Social work Child protection Family support A still imperfect, but perhaps more helpful, approximation to children’s outcomes is the child’s expressed views about his or her life. To hear the voice of the child, a social worker must first build a relationship with the child...

... Practice Politics Policy Family support Child protection Refocusing initiative The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the changes in child protection policy and practice in England over the last 30 years. In particular, it provides some critical reflections on the nature...

... of literature and research evidence on this theme. The empirical discussion draws on data collected in interviews and focus groups with practitioners, service managers and those working to develop and deliver family support services. Design/methodology/approach The ESRC Following Young Fathers study used...

... were established in 2000, located in the most socio-economically deprived areas in England, and tasked to deliver a national family support strategy designed to improve outcomes for children under four years of age. A National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) was commissioned between 2000 and 2007...

... a unique role in providing families support and skills to advocate within systems. However, barriers to healthcare providers recommending F2Fs to families include a lack of knowledge about the specific services provided, the need for face-to-face contact to feel comfortable making a referral and a lack...

... for Knowledge and Insight into Primary Processes. The instrument is intended as a tool for family coaches to systematically report care activities conducted in the Dutch family support programme Ten for the Future (in Dutch: Tien voor Toekomst). Design/methodology/approach – The design of the instrument...

...Harriet Churchill Purpose – With the UK Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government reaching its mid-term point, this paper examines its austerity measures and public expenditure reductions in family support and children's services, and its revisions of family support, family intervention, child...

... of the post‐1989 implementation process. It shows how, over decades, perennial challenges have consistently skewed the balance between proactive family support services and reactive crisis‐driven responses in favour of the latter. Drawing on government‐commissioned evaluations, including two on out‐of‐home...

... rapidly in the past few years. This paper analyses how the programme has changed and in particular how some of its basic characteristics, such as the integrated working across disciplines, the involvement of parents and the stress on family support, seem likely to change. The dilemmas posed by spreading...