Showing the Light

While rates of teenage pregnancy have been declining in the general population, rates for young parents with experience of Out of Home Care (OOHC) and other vulnerable young people are disproportionally high and have remained stable over time. Moreover, young people with experience of the care system are more likely to parent young, their children […]
Engaging father’s: Evidence review

This report aims to set out the knowledge and implementation support that is mostly likely to be effective in changing practice to fully engage fathers in Family and Children services. Research, published between 2008-2014, linking fathers’ behaviours with children’s wellbeing is reviewed and barriers and facilitators to including fathers in services are identified. Effective approaches to father inclusion […]
A quick guide to establishing a Community of Practice

ARACY has been involved in several initiatives establishing Communities of Practice (CoP). The evidence of CoPs is growing with CoP participants demonstrating greater use of practice tools, better content knowledge and reporting more satisfaction with implementation supports than ‘practice as usual’ participant. The promising evidence base of CoPs is accompanied by the understanding that CoPs employ […]