Jitka Vseteckova, Sally Boyle and Martyn Higgins discuss a review of parenting interventions used by social workers to support vulnerable children
Social workers play an important role in providing support and advice to parents. They provide parenting interventions to help improve parents’ skills and outcomes for children. These are often structured and follow particular programmes to ensure that they are as effective as possible.
This episode discusses a systematic review of parenting interventions in the UK involving social workers which highlights, among other things, the value of the relationships which social workers build with parents. It also reveals that structural factors such as poverty and social deprivation bring families to the attention of social workers, and have an impact on outcomes. To discuss the review in some depth, I talk to the review authors – Jitka Vseteckova, Sally Boyle and Martyn Higgins.
Dr Jitka Vseteckova is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at the Open University. Jitka’s research is interdisciplinary and supports service organisation and delivery as well as policy making in health and social care.
Dr Sally Boyle is an experienced academic and leader of health and social care education at the University of Bedfordshire where she is currently Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Education.
Dr Martyn Higgins is Associate Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University. His main areas of interest are intervention models, epistemological debates and interprofessional practices.
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