Journal of Children's Services: Volume 5 Issue 1

Subtract… be incisive ‐ here, borrow my knife

Michael Little, Nick Axford

The cross‐party challenge: early intervention for children and families

Graham Allen, Iain Smith

Towards knowledge‐based practice in complex child protection cases: a research‐based expert briefing

June Thoburn

This article is an extended version of an ‘experts’ briefing' commissioned to inform senior child welfare managers in English local authorities and voluntary agencies about the…

Adapting The Incredible Years, an evidence‐based parenting programme, for families involved in the child welfare system

Carolyn Webster‐Stratton, M Reid

Families referred to child welfare for maltreatment and neglect are frequently mandated to attend parenting programmes. Evidence‐based parenting programmes (EBPs) are…

Protecting children in different contexts: exploring the value of rights and research

Emma Crewe

Many child‐focused civil society organisations (CSOs) working in Africa, Asia and South America have shifted from organising their work around children's needs to promoting their…

Parents, problems and policy

Roy Parker

Much is heard about children and families but less about the policy implications of the parenting task in today's society. I argue that the demands placed upon parents have…

‘Transforming’ Children's Services? Social work, neoliberalism and the ‘modern’ world

Roger Bullock

Research for Action: Cross‐national perspectives on connecting knowledge, policy and practice for children

Jacqueline Barnes