Connected Carer Participation Groups in Local Authorities

Aim:

To identify and critically evaluate the benefits and challenges of establishing and working with Parent/Connected Carer Participation Groups as contributors to on-going local authority children’s services’ strategic development and delivery of social work child protection and other short / medium term statutory social work intervention (i.e. child protection assessment, child in need and looked after child intervention)

Objectives:

1) To identify messages from research via literature review re the models, impact, benefits and challenges for the local authority of establishing and working with Parent/Connected Carer participation groups;

2) To identify existing initiatives in local authorities across England where Parent/Connected Carer participation groups contribute to local authority children’s service strategic development and/or practice in relation to child protection and/or short and medium term social work interventions;

3) To survey via mixed method on line survey and semi structured telephone or virtual conference interviews identified relevant existing participation projects across England to identify learning re:
i)activity range, value and impact of participation group; ii)enablers and barriers to developing and working with an effective Parent/Connected Carer Participation Group

Partner: Edge Hill University/Liverpool City Council

Identified Lead: Nigel Kelleher

Contact info: Nigel.Kelleher@edgehill.ac.uk