A Study of Best Practice in Intervention with Parental Agreement: Creating Change with Families in Statutory Child Protection Services (2012-2015)

This study aims to examine how parental agreements are developed and implemented in statutory child protection services and to explore practitioner and service users' perceptions of the potential of parental agreements for enhancing service outcomes. The project is significant because it will be among the first internationally to observe how parental agreements are developed in statutory child protection services and to compare practitioner and service user perceptions of these agreements in culturally and geographically diverse service contexts. Expected outcomes include enhanced understanding of how parenting agreements can be best utilised in practice with vulnerable families to enhance child protection and family well-being.