Journal of Children's Services: Volume 19 Issue 1

“It’s hard because it’s something new”: challenges for forcibly displaced parents upon resettlement

Nikita Rao, Jessica Kumar, Erin A. Weeks, Shannon Self-Brown, Cathleen E. Willging, Mary Helen O'Connor, Daniel J. Whitaker

Parent–child relationships formed in early childhood have profound implications for a child’s development and serve as a determinant for bio-social outcomes in adulthood. Positive…

Adolescents’ perspectives on SSWs’ counselling practice in Swedish elementary schools: “plumb the depths and navigate to shore”

Maria Kjellgren, Sara Lilliehorn, Urban Markström

This study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of adolescent’s experiences of individual school social work counselling in Swedish elementary schools.

Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children’s homes for welfare reasons

Annie Williams, Hannah Bayfield, Martin Elliott, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Honor Young, Rhiannon Evans, Sara Long

Using a mixed methodology comprising interviews, case file analysis and descriptive statistics, this study aims to examine the experiences of all 43 young people in Wales subject…

Exploring participation and engagement in a multi-component, universal early parenting programme

Gráinne Hickey, Yvonne Leckey, Sinead McGilloway

Parenting programmes are increasingly a feature of services and policies aimed at improving outcomes for children and families and tackling inequality, yet they remain underused…

Shipping containers and speed boats: exploring the contexts and relational spaces professionals navigate to safeguard young people from criminal exploitation

Kristine Langhoff, Michelle Lefevre, Rachel Larkin

This paper aims to present a mixed methods study of child criminal exploitation (CCE), particularly in the form of “county lines”, in three local authorities in southeast England…