Sen, R.N. (2015) Building Relationships in a Cold Climate: A Case Study of Family Engagement within an ‘Edge of Care’ Family Support Service. Social Policy and Society. ISSN 1474-7464
Abstract
Drawing on a case study generated as part of a larger evaluation, this article explores engagement between one family and an ‘edge of care’ intensive family support service, within a cold climate of public spending cuts and rising numbers of children in care. The focus on engagement in the case study illustrates theories about relationship building at the ‘edge of care’: the importance of an empathic relationship; harnessing parents’ agency for change while raising child welfare concerns; allowing parents space to maintain a positive self-conception of parenthood while supporting improvements; and engagement with family practices. The case study highlights that, despite the potential disciplinary aspects of intensive family support, the parents valued the ‘edge of care’ service because it provided them with the help they felt they needed, contrasting with their prior experience of statutory child welfare agency practice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press 2015 . This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Policy and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Family Support; Child Protection; Child Neglect; Child Welfare |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2015 14:28 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 21:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746415000615 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1474746415000615 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91502 |