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© British Association of Social Workers

Can Voluntary Support Projects Help Vulnerable Families? The Work of Home-Start

JANE GIBBONS and SALLY THORPE

Jane Gibbons has worked as a probation officer, psychiatric social worker and social work teacher. She is now a senior researcher at the National Institute for Social Work.

Sally Thorpe has worked as a social worker in area teams, and as a Family Conciliation counsellor. She has worked with Jane Gibbons on a research project funded by the Rowntree Trust on family support resources for young families. She is currently a social worker in a hospital setting.

Jane Gibbons, NISW, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SS

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In an exploratory study, we examined the characteristics of a sample of families referred to a branch of Home-Start (a voluntary organization to help stressed parents of under-fives) and the work of its volunteers. Comparison with families on social workers' case-loads suggested that Home-Start was able to work with a wide variety of families, including those with severe difficulties, and that it offered a qualitatively different and complementary service to that of the local authority.


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