The aim of the project is to reduce the number of children being taken into care when a mother goes to prison
Overview
An evaluation of having a social worker based in two women’s prisons to support mothers in (i) HMP Eastwood Park and (ii) HMP Send. The project aims to support mothers’ involvement with their children, retain their foothold in decision making, support children visiting and plan for release.
Activities and Methods
We will be interviewing- social workers, mothers in prison, mothers released, carers and children. We will be surveying practitioners in the community and mothers accessing the service. We will also be collecting demographic data about mothers accessing the service. The evaluation runs until 2024. In year 2 we will be interviewing prison governors to see how well embedded the project is.
Findings
None yet. First interim review due Summer 2022.
Lead Person
| Principal Investigator | Alyson Rees |
Academic Staff
| Academic Staff | Zoe Bezeczky |
| Academic Staff | Charlotte Waits |
Related Information
| Funders | PACT |
| Related Documents | Rees, A., Staples, E. and Maxwell, N. 2017. Evaluation of Visiting Mum Scheme: Final Report June 2017. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: http://orca.cf.ac.uk/112243/ Rees, A.et al. 2020. Visiting mum: children’s perspectives on a supported scheme when visiting their mother in prison. Child Care in Practice (10.1080/13575279.2020.1769025) |