Journal of Children's Services: Volume 8 Issue 3

Is there a pan-European perspective on evidence-based practice in child welfare? A critical reflection

Hans Grietens

This paper is about the implementation of the evidence-based practice paradigm in child welfare in Europe. Our main question is whether there is a pan-European perspective on…

Targeted vs universal provision of support in high-risk communities: comparison of characteristics in two populations recruited to parenting interventions

Judy Hutchings, Nia Griffith, Tracey Bywater, Margiad Elen Williams, Helen Baker-Henningham

To compare the characteristics of parents and children recruited for two randomised-controlled trials (RCTs) of parenting support in disadvantaged communities in Wales in order to…

The impact of participation in research on practitioners: a qualitative study among practitioners who delivered interventions in the Helping Children Achieve study

Ruth Marlow, William T. Hunt, Marie-Claire Reville, Andrena Lynes, Jade Lowe, Tamsin Ford

Community-based randomised control trials (RCTs) rely heavily on the involvement and collaboration of statutory and third-sector services and their employees. This paper seeks to…

Parenting programmes: identification and referral

Lorraine Khan, Michael Parsonage, Elena Rosa Brown

Behavioural problems in childhood often lead to poor long-term outcomes, including increased risk of adult mental illness, unemployment, criminality and shorter life expectancy…

Retrenchment and restructuring: family support and children's services reform under the coalition

Harriet Churchill

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…

Neither monsters nor saints [1]

Nick Axford and Michael Little