Abstract
This analysis explores the multidisciplinary team's work with teenage parents in Serious Case Reviews (SCR) in the UK. Across recent decades young parents in the UK have been publicly scrutinized. The feckless single mother stereotype persists, with unfounded accusations of immaturity and welfare dependence (Bekaert & Bradley, 2019). Young parents frequently face such perceptions in their interactions with health and social care professionals. Competing cultural expectations for childhood and parenthood are notable when a child of young parents suffers abuse.
Sigma Membership
Phi Mu
Lead Author Affiliation
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Safeguarding, Child Protection, Teenage Parents, Teenage Mothers, Adolescence
Recommended Citation
Bekaert, Sarah, "A window on the system: Professional’s views and approaches to working with teenage parents evident in Serious Case Reviews in the UK" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 109.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2020/posters/109
Conference Name
Sigma European Region Annual Conference
Conference Host
European Region - Sigma
Conference Location
Coimbra, Portugal (Virtual)
Conference Year
2020
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A window on the system: Professional’s views and approaches to working with teenage parents evident in Serious Case Reviews in the UK
Coimbra, Portugal (Virtual)
This analysis explores the multidisciplinary team's work with teenage parents in Serious Case Reviews (SCR) in the UK. Across recent decades young parents in the UK have been publicly scrutinized. The feckless single mother stereotype persists, with unfounded accusations of immaturity and welfare dependence (Bekaert & Bradley, 2019). Young parents frequently face such perceptions in their interactions with health and social care professionals. Competing cultural expectations for childhood and parenthood are notable when a child of young parents suffers abuse.