Research
Research review - Working with hostile and unco-operative parents
Author: Anne Hollows, principal lecturer in social work, Sheffield Hallam University BIOG
Publication Date: 02 July 2010
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Introduction
Scoping the issues
Prinicpal concerns with difficult parents
Risks of recurrent maltreatment
Factors associated with future harm
Limitations on outcomes for children
Issues about parents
Negative personal experiences and histories
Parents' experiences of social work
Communities and cultures
Cultural issues
Issues about social work practitioners
Anxiety, distress and discomfort with the case
The threat of violence
Denial and acknowledgement
Ways forward
References
Introduction
The unco-operative, anti-social and even dangerous parent/carer is the most difficult challenge for safeguarding and child protection services.
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