Fisher, J., Lawthom, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-2625-3463, Mitchell-Smith, Z. et al. (2 more authors) (2019) ‘Neither a professional nor a friend’: the liminal spaces of parents and volunteers in family support. Families, Relationships and Societies, 8 (2). pp. 249-266. ISSN 2046-7435
Abstract
Home-Start is a family support charity whose delivery model is a national and global example of how targeted volunteer support can benefit parents, carers and children experiencing difficult times, in both domestic and other spaces. Parenting support continues to be a key policy area for the current UK government and other policy-makers across the Global North. In this article we draw on qualitative findings from an ethnography of a Home-Start organisation in a city in the north of England. The theoretical framework of liminality, a space between social structures, allows for an appreciation of the ambiguous nature of supporting parents in the private domestic spaces, and the ways in which this support enables parents and families to move forward. The article has broader implications for global social care and social work practice, specifically demonstrating the importance of the relationships between parents and volunteers in the every day, and contributes to the literature on liminality.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Policy Press. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits adaptation, alteration, reproduction and distribution without further permission provided the original work is attributed. The derivative works do not need to be licensed on the same terms. |
Keywords: | families; family support; liminality; Home-Start |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2024 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2024 11:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/204674318x15233473046566 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210058 |