Parental substance misuse and childcare social work: research in a city social work department in England

Carol Hayden

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Abstract

This research set out to establish evidence about the scale and impact of and response to parental substance misuse in child care social work teams in a city social services department in England. The article draws on some aspects of the data collected in the research, which includes: a snapshot survey of all child care social work caseloads in the city; group interviews with practitioners and parents in recovery; individual interviews with parents using a pilot project that focused on parental substance misuse. The research provides evidence of parental substance misuse as a key factor that needs greater consideration within child care social work assessments and as an issue to target in developing preventative responses to child welfare concerns. Child care social workers are shown to need specialist support in undertaking this task to best effect.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-30
Number of pages13
JournalChild Abuse Review
Volume13
Issue number1
Early online date9 Mar 2004
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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