Some of my previous publications relevant to work with fathers
There is some existing research that can inform practice with fathers. Go to the 'useful links' page for some UK organisations which publish relevant material. In time I will build up links to freely available research and practice guidance from other countries. Here are some of the things I've published on working with men or working with fathers specifically:
BOOKS
Scourfield, J. (2003) Gender and Child Protection, London, Palgrave Macmillan. See publisher's web page (this is a book based on research in a social work office).
Featherstone, B., Rivett, M. and Scourfield, J. (2007) Working with Men in Health and Social Care, London, Sage. See publisher's web page (this is a book on all aspects of work with men and boys).
Featherstone, B., Hooper, C-A., Scourfield, J. and Taylor, J. (eds.) (2010) Gender and Child Welfare in Society, Chichester, Wiley Blackwell. See publisher's web page (this is an edited book with chapters on work with fathers and other issues to do with gender and child welfare).
PAPERS AND REPORTS - FULL TEXT
Scourfield, J. (2001) Constructing men in child protection work, Men and Masculinities, 4, 1: 70-89. Full text linked from this page.
Holland, S., Scourfield, J., O’Neill, S. and Pithouse, A. (2005) Democratising the family and the state? The case of family group conferences in child welfare, Journal of Social Policy, 34, 1: 59-77. Full text linked from this page.
Scourfield, J. (2006) The challenge of engaging fathers in the child protection process. Critical Social Policy, 26, 2: 440-449. Full
text linked from this page.
Scourfield J., Maxwell, N., Holland, S., Tolman, R., Sloan, L., Featherstone, B. and Bullock, A. (2011) Training social workers to improve the engagement of fathers in child protection. Draft research report Full text linked from this page.
BOOKS
Scourfield, J. (2003) Gender and Child Protection, London, Palgrave Macmillan. See publisher's web page (this is a book based on research in a social work office).
Featherstone, B., Rivett, M. and Scourfield, J. (2007) Working with Men in Health and Social Care, London, Sage. See publisher's web page (this is a book on all aspects of work with men and boys).
Featherstone, B., Hooper, C-A., Scourfield, J. and Taylor, J. (eds.) (2010) Gender and Child Welfare in Society, Chichester, Wiley Blackwell. See publisher's web page (this is an edited book with chapters on work with fathers and other issues to do with gender and child welfare).
PAPERS AND REPORTS - FULL TEXT
Scourfield, J. (2001) Constructing men in child protection work, Men and Masculinities, 4, 1: 70-89. Full text linked from this page.
Holland, S., Scourfield, J., O’Neill, S. and Pithouse, A. (2005) Democratising the family and the state? The case of family group conferences in child welfare, Journal of Social Policy, 34, 1: 59-77. Full text linked from this page.
Scourfield, J. (2006) The challenge of engaging fathers in the child protection process. Critical Social Policy, 26, 2: 440-449. Full
text linked from this page.
Scourfield J., Maxwell, N., Holland, S., Tolman, R., Sloan, L., Featherstone, B. and Bullock, A. (2011) Training social workers to improve the engagement of fathers in child protection. Draft research report Full text linked from this page.