Work plan
The project will be focussing on the following areas of work:
Research and data mapping
The project will research to identify (i) the extent of knowledge of child to parent violence (CPV), (ii) measures that are being taken to address this issue, (iii) the main mechanisms and frameworks that influence measures to address CPV, and (iv) ways of addressing and resisting gender inequality and power relations. We will also carry out a study of models of intervention already used for CPV, the optimal ways in which these models function and of gaps in provision.
Development of guidelines, monitoring and evaluation tools
The project will develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of current intervention programmes that deal with child to parent violence across the partner countries.
Development of self-efficacy tools for practitioners and self-assessment tools for young people and parents
The project will identify good self-assessment tools for workers which can be tested across the partnership and be integrated with existing parenting and child protection processes. Experience from the previous Daphne programme and the fields of parenting and youth work and domestic violence will be used to ensure that workers can feel confident when working with child to parent violence.
Training and learning programme to raise awareness and build resilience
The project will pilot and evaluate a peer learning programme with front line workers and young people, focussed on the Break4Change and Non Violent Resistance programmes.
We will work with young people and practitioners to produce resources to be used to raise awareness about what CPV is and to engage with parents and young people to ensure that young stop their violent and or abusive behaviour. We will also work with CPV professionals specifically to produce a resource that can be used to train front line workers working with young people and their parents/carers.
We also aim to identify mechanisms that will enable this resource, which draws on violence against women theory, to become integrated into children and family services and organisations.
Dissemination
We will aim to raise awareness of child to parent violence through national and international networks, and promote ways of combating it. The outcomes and outputs of the project will be made widely available, with a focus on sustainability.
