The Child and Family Research Centre (Reports)
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Meitheal and child and family support networks process and outcomes: pilot study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)This document reports on the fi ndings of the Meitheal and Child and Family Support Networks (CFSN) Process and Outcomes Pilot Study. This study was carried out between October and November 2016 to evaluate the appropriateness ... -
Parenting support and parental participation work package final report: Tusla's programme for prevention, partnership and family support
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) is a programme of action being undertaken by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as part of its National Service Delivery ... -
Parental participation: overall survey findings
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) Programme is a comprehensive programme of early intervention and preventative work which is being undertaken by Tusla, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency, with the ... -
Parenting support and parental participation: qualitative interview findings
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) Programme is a comprehensive programme of early intervention and preventative work which is being undertaken by Tusla, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency with the ... -
Report of parental participation seed-funded projects
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-01)The Parental Participation Project is an initiative of the Parenting strand of the Atlantic Philanthropies, Ireland–funded Prevention Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) programme of work. Tusla – Child and Family ... -
Meitheal and child and family support networks final report: Tusla’s programme for prevention, partnership and family support
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) is a programme of action being undertaken by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as part of its National Service Delivery ... -
A retrospective study of the Meitheal model
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-07)This report presents findings on a retrospective study of the experiences of parents1 and Lead Practitioners who participated in Meitheals initiated prior to 2017. This is complementary to the Meitheal Process and ... -
The child and family support networks research study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)Child and Family Support Networks (CFSNs) are multi-agency networks that are in the process of being established in each Tusla Integrated Service Area (ISA).1 Their purpose is to support Tusla’s aim of developing an ... -
Second report of the parenting support champions regional learning group
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-03)This research is part of a study to examine the process and implementation of the Parenting Support Champions Project, which is one element of the Parenting Support and Parental Participation Work Package. This work is ... -
Tusla's parenting support champions project: process, implementation and outcomes
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) Programme is a comprehensive programme of early intervention and preventative work which is being undertaken by Tusla – Child and Family Agency in Ireland with the ... -
Meitheal and child and family support networks - process and outcomes study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NatiNUI Galway, 2018-09)This report presents research on the Meitheal and Child and Family Support Network (CFSN) model.1 The research has three components – (1) the Meitheal Process and Outcomes study, (2) findings on the Child and Family ... -
Big Brother Big Sister and Garda youth diversion projects: perspectives on youth mentoring as a preventative intervention
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-06-26)Current policy emphasises the need for community involvement and inter-agency co-operation in youth crime prevention, as well as approaches that seek to strengthen the protective factors in young people’s lives, thus ... -
Supporting youth civic engagement: Supranational and national policy frameworks in comparative perspective
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018-04)Over the past half-century, and particularly since the adoption of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), there have been both increased attention and shifting policy orientations towards ... -
Exploring the impact of mentoring relationships in adolescent empathy: A mixed methods approach: Final report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, 2018-04)This secondary data analysis was used to explore the impact of mentoring relationships on adolescent empathy. This research aimed to: (i) identify the role of mentoring relationships in adolescent perceived social support, ... -
Commissioning in Ireland: exploring the landscape for child and family services: a literature review.
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2016-12)In 2014, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, published the first nationally developed commissioning strategy for child and family services in the Republic of Ireland. The strategy defines commissioning as ‘the process ... -
Introducing commissioning in Ireland: establishing a baseline
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2017-05)Established on 1 January 2014, through the Child and Family Agency Act, Tusla is responsible for improving well-being and outcomes for children.1 In 2014, Tusla published the first nationally developed commissioning ... -
Meitheal and child and family support networks: Interim report on the meitheal process and outcomes study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-09)This research study is being conducted as part of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre’s evaluation of the Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) that Tusla, ... -
Parenting support and parental participation: Working with families, a review of the literature on parental participation
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2016-08)[No abstract available] -
An evaluation of the implementation of the induction of social workers: A policy and guidelines for children and families social services
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Outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term care
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-04)The aim of this study was to explore how young people who have been in care, and their carers, conceptualise permanence and stability. This study focuses on outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term ...