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10 The ‘parent-citizen’ in policy, organisation and practice

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Abstract

This chapter brings together the key messages from previous chapters and thereby offers a new way to think about parents who are known to Children’s Services. By focusing on a scenario where the concerns were on the margins of child in need and child protection, at two points in time, the Labour governments under Tony Blair (1997–2007) and the Coalition and Conservative governments between 2010 and 2019, and the three levels of national policy, organisational procedures and social work practice, space is created for nuance and complexity that opens up the conversation around child protection responses, highlighting the centrality of parental participation and change for the safety and well-being of children and the potential to include consideration of parents in a more meaningful way.

Abstract

This chapter brings together the key messages from previous chapters and thereby offers a new way to think about parents who are known to Children’s Services. By focusing on a scenario where the concerns were on the margins of child in need and child protection, at two points in time, the Labour governments under Tony Blair (1997–2007) and the Coalition and Conservative governments between 2010 and 2019, and the three levels of national policy, organisational procedures and social work practice, space is created for nuance and complexity that opens up the conversation around child protection responses, highlighting the centrality of parental participation and change for the safety and well-being of children and the potential to include consideration of parents in a more meaningful way.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of figures and tables v
  4. Notes on the authors vi
  5. Acknowledgements vii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Parent-citizenship 6
  8. Risk, reform, regulation and relationships in child protection 26
  9. The demanding-responsible consumer-citizen parent and the poor-neglectful parent 47
  10. The franchisee parent 60
  11. The partner parent and the respected parent 78
  12. The non-compliant parent 92
  13. The personalised-depersonalised parent 107
  14. The good enough parent 116
  15. The ‘parent-citizen’ in policy, organisation and practice 127
  16. Documents used in analysis 151
  17. The research design and process 159
  18. References 163
  19. Index 180
Social Work, Parents and the Child Protection Process
This chapter is in the book Social Work, Parents and the Child Protection Process
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447370666-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of figures and tables v
  4. Notes on the authors vi
  5. Acknowledgements vii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Parent-citizenship 6
  8. Risk, reform, regulation and relationships in child protection 26
  9. The demanding-responsible consumer-citizen parent and the poor-neglectful parent 47
  10. The franchisee parent 60
  11. The partner parent and the respected parent 78
  12. The non-compliant parent 92
  13. The personalised-depersonalised parent 107
  14. The good enough parent 116
  15. The ‘parent-citizen’ in policy, organisation and practice 127
  16. Documents used in analysis 151
  17. The research design and process 159
  18. References 163
  19. Index 180
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