![]() ![]() Projects found success in engaging parents on trusted channels taking content to parents – as recommended in DWP’s own user research – generated the greatest number of parents reached and engaged. The projects delivering in the Digital Support strand of the fund generated a wealth of learning around approaches to engaging parents online. This not only helped to encourage referrals but leaves a legacy of support workers who are able to embed this learning in their own practice when working with families. Projects also found that the recruitment of male practitioners supported the engagement of fathers and encouraged greater contribution from fathers during their participation.Ī number of projects provided training for practitioners outside their own staff teams, encouraging a greater understanding of parental conflict. Where existing relationships with partners were in place, projects had more success for those working with new target groups, it was more challenging to establish referral pathways in the short time period for delivery. Where projects were able to be flexible and introduce adaptations, there was greater success fully manualised programmes proved more challenging to integrate into new settings.įor all projects, success in engaging participants depended heavily on referral partners. For those testing proven programmes in new settings, challenges sometimes arose in relation to maintaining fidelity to the existing model. These projects found that their interventions reduced court applications and made associated savings in the justice system, as well as improving parental communication. Analysis of the projects’ learning highlighted a number of key findings related to these delivery models.įor example, mediation projects offered additional elements to a traditional mediation model such as counselling and including children in the process, which proved to be effective in enhancing the intervention. SDF projects delivered activities across four key themes: mediation testing proven programmes which are new to the UK testing proven programmes with specific target groups and adapting existing parenting programmes to focus on parental conflict. Projects developed theories of change and quarterly learning reports, which encouraged reflective practice throughout. This report collates and analyses the learning gathered by funded organisations during the first phase of delivery, between April 2019 and March 2020. Ten organisations received grants to deliver interventions across two streams of work: projects providing support to particular cohorts of disadvantaged families (Support for Disadvantaged Families, or SDF, projects) and projects developing new ways to digitally engage families in conflict (Digital Support projects). The primary aim of the fund was to gather learning on what works to reduce parental conflict. In 2018, Ecorys, in partnership with Family Lives, was commissioned to manage the Reducing Parental Conflict ( RPC) Challenge Fund. This report was authored by Andrew Hitches-Davies, Kate Merriam, Malika Shah and Kate Smith at Ecorys, Pamela Park at Family Lives, and Katie Connolly. Thanks go to Rachel Brackwell, Russell Peacock and Angela Swan at Ecorys and Nissa Ramsay at Think Social Tech for their work on the grant programme, and to all the grant recipients for their thoughtful reflections on their experiences. The Challenge Fund programme management team would like to thank all those who have contributed to the development, delivery and learning from this programme, particularly representatives from both the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice who have engaged throughout. Views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of the Department for Work and Pensions or any other government department.
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