The autumn edition of the JCS Journal is out now!

The new Autumn 2011 edition of the Journal of Children's Services, edited by the Social Research Unit, has been published.

It includes articles on using the Incredible Years BASIC parenting programme with bereaved families, strategies for addressing childhood obesity, and new directions for children's services policy in Wales.
 
In another article, Matthew Sanders and his colleagues address the the need for parenting interventions amongst working parents. They argue that there is high demand amongst the UK workforce for such interventions to be delivered in the workplace.
 
In their editorial, "Calling all radicals", Nick Axford and Michael Little argue that workplace interventions should form part of a wider effort to make parenting interventions more accessible for parents.
 
They also claim that the task of engaging parents in services involves exactly the kind of activity a lot of practitioners want to spend more time doing: being creative, spending time with families, and getting out into the community. It is also radical: helping vulnerable families to claim their entitlements.
 
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