Abstract Background Great Britain has the highest coronavirus death rate in Europe. While
the pandemic clearly poses a risk to the lives and wellbeing of vulnerable groups, necessary …

Background: Research points to parental incarceration as an important social determinant of
child health. Even so, studies examining the health impact of parental incarceration in the …

While an adverse childhood experience (ACE)-informed approach to child protection and
welfare has become influential in USA, it has had markedly less influence in UK, this despite …

With neoliberal ideologies having inspired social policies for families across the world, the
discourse on childrearing as the sole responsibility of individual parents has become …

In this article, we engage with some of the fundamental concepts underpinning the original
adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) study and subsequent work, whilst recognising that …

Vulnerable families are subject to a myriad of State interventions. In this article, we analyse
how interventions of the neo-liberal State may undermine, rather than activate, the caring …

Caregivers are frequent sources of information of their children's behavioral health and other
service needs. It is particularly challenging to engage child welfare-involved caregivers who …

Abstract The Youth Justice Board's 2019–2022 strategic plan set youth violence as a priority.
As part of this, a 'pathfinder'approach was launched to assist local authorities and their …

The purpose of this paper is to present a reading of child protection and welfare practice in
the recent covid 19 pandemic, with reference to several popular concepts in social work. The …

Abstract The Troubled Families (TF) programme is a national initiative launched in 2011 that
aims to identify and work with families defined as 'troubled'. An in-depth case study was …