Working with children and families - Audio
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This album takes an extensive look at the ins-and-outs of family life and caring for children. It draws on interviews with a wide-ranging selection of professionals, from people who deal directly with children at nurseries or schools to those that help shape national policy, to throw light on national initiatives and schemes such as ChildLine, and explore family life from different perspectives and social levels. This material forms part of The Open University course K204 Working with children and families.
Families and origin
Husband and father Calvin Wilkes discusses his attitudes to family life and living as part of a second-generation immigrant family.
Life as a single parent
Three different takes on aspects of family life involving divorce and living as a lone parent, and the positives and negatives encountered by in these...
The Welsh commissioner for children
Peter Clarke talks about his appointment as Commissioner for Children in Wales and how he intends to improve children’s lives in his tenure.
Children and the school council
A working example of a child-led school council and how parents, children and teachers can all learn and benefit from such initiatives.
The children’s legal centre
Carolyn Hamilton discusses working for the Children’s Legal Centre, the types of work they engage in and the issues they face when working with childr...
ChildLine
Gill Keep, senior policy officer at ChildLine, talks about the background and the goals of this helpline dedicated to children.
The sure start programme
An initiative in London created to assist and support underprivileged families in bringing up their children.
Working as a midwife
Julie Stein is midwife. This track focuses on the work she expects in her day-to-day life and how policy can affect her employment and workload
The childbirth trust and visiting
Ruth Thompson, a healthcare visitor, and Ruth Howard, a representative of the childbirth trust, discuss aspects of care and work in relation to newbor...