Innovative Approaches to Supporting Families of Young Children

Shapiro, Cheri J.; Browne, Charlyn Harper

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39059-8

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“…Further, neoliberal conditions underpinning family services systems, and broader societal structures, perpetuate disadvantage and social exclusion. Advocacy efforts by practitioners and other activists might contribute to meaningful service system reform addressing complex social issues at the macro level, enabling the integration of informal supports and respon- Houses focused on enhancing the resources found within neighbourhoods to strengthen families (Dean et al, 2016). More recent initiatives like Collective Impact emphasize innovation and collaborative partnerships to achieve community-driven agendas for change (Kania & Kramer, 2011).…”

Section: Implications For Policy and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond survival: Strengthening community‐based support for parents receiving a family service intervention

Goff

Sadowski

Bagley

2022

Child & Family Social Work

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This paper presents parents' experiences of community support and their recommendations for how their communities, and the services within them, might support their families. Generated through a human-centred design methodology and using a desire-centred framework, the findings suggest that parents receiving a family service require support invoking feelings of intimacy, trust, reciprocity, inclusivity, connection and belonging. Parents' recommendations for community support include addressing material and attitudinal constraints impacting on engagement with services; creating non-judgmental services tailored to their needs but accessed as a last resort; and creating peer-based opportunities to support each other. Parents reflect that moving beyond basic survival of risk and vulnerability to a position where thriving is possible requires purposeful integration of parent's existing and desired community into service interventions. Facilitating deliberate change at the intersection of community and service support is pertinent to current and future social work policy and practice. Wider opportunities for understanding and enabling the needs and aspirations of parents, which are often overlooked because of a focus on addressing risk and vulnerability, are considered.

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Section: Implications For Policy and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%