TY - CHAP
T1 - Collaborative research on Parenting Support and Parental Participation in child protection and welfare services
AU - Devaney, Carmel
AU - Crosse, Rosemary
AU - Connolly, Nuala
AU - O’Donohoe, Catherine
AU - Jordan, Caroline
AU - Buckley, Helen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 selection and editorial matter, John Canavan, Carmel Devaney, Caroline McGregor and Aileen Shaw; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Parents are increasingly recognised as partners or participants in the child protection and welfare system with their own needs and an important role to play in achieving outcomes for children (Fernandez and Thorpe, 2020). This chapter considers the process of researching and evaluating the implementation of Tusla’s Parenting Support Strategy, the aim of which is to drive a long-term, sustainable strategic approach to its work in parenting, and the associated Parenting Support (PS) and Parental Participation (PP) programmes of work. Based on the findings of research on the PS and PP work package as part of the wider parenting, partnership and family support study, the focus of this chapter is on system change from initial plans to the reality of implementation in the context of the strong, ongoing university–agency partnership, which underpinned the work. As implementation activities and effects are not static or linear processes, the research design was multifaceted and adapted to change over time. The chapter concludes with reflections on the key learning for research on implementing a mixed-method study at a time of rapid change in a new organisation.
AB - Parents are increasingly recognised as partners or participants in the child protection and welfare system with their own needs and an important role to play in achieving outcomes for children (Fernandez and Thorpe, 2020). This chapter considers the process of researching and evaluating the implementation of Tusla’s Parenting Support Strategy, the aim of which is to drive a long-term, sustainable strategic approach to its work in parenting, and the associated Parenting Support (PS) and Parental Participation (PP) programmes of work. Based on the findings of research on the PS and PP work package as part of the wider parenting, partnership and family support study, the focus of this chapter is on system change from initial plans to the reality of implementation in the context of the strong, ongoing university–agency partnership, which underpinned the work. As implementation activities and effects are not static or linear processes, the research design was multifaceted and adapted to change over time. The chapter concludes with reflections on the key learning for research on implementing a mixed-method study at a time of rapid change in a new organisation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125957987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781003147527-5
DO - 10.4324/9781003147527-5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85125957987
SN - 9780367706777
SP - 80
EP - 98
BT - Understanding System Change in Child Protection and Welfare
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -
