Georgia Philip
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgia Philip |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgia |
| FAMILY NAME | Philip |
| SIGNATURE | PHILIP G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4243-407X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When they were taken it is like grieving’
There is growing recognition, in the UK and internationally, of the huge costs of recurrent appearances of parents in local authority care proceedings. This paper contributes to pressing policy and practice concerns to reduce recurrence. It presents qualitative longitudinal data from the first study of fathers' experiences of recurrent care proceedings in England. Demonstrating the emotional impact of repeat proceedings and successive loss of chi…
I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”
This article presents data from the first large-scale study of fathers involved in repeat (or recurrent) care proceedings in England. The project complements important research on mothers and recurrence. It consisted of three elements: an analysis of population-level administrative data from the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS), a survey of fathers in pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and a qualitative longitudina…
Men as Fathers in Child Protection
When child protection professionals struggle to engage fathers and father figures, assessments may not accurately reflect the combination of resource and risk factors men present for children they care for, potentially endangering children and excluding men. In a mixed methods study in England of fathers and their perspectives on involvement in the child protection system and with their children, fathers persisted as a presence in children’s live…
Linked lives
In the wake of a “national care crisis” in England, an increasing number of parents return to the family court as repeat respondents in care proceedings and lose successive children from their care. Despite considerable progress in understanding the trends and patterns of mothers' (re)appearances in care proceedings, knowledge of fathers and of parents' family relationships in recurrent care proceedings remains very limited. Whilst such relations…
The Trouble With Fathers
The lives of families entering the child protection arena may be shaped by a range of troubles, including material deprivation, physical and mental health problems, and substance misuse or domestic abuse. Despite the interest in whole family approaches, the issue of how professionals fail to work effectively with fathers is long-standing and resistant to change. This article illustrates challenges in building working relationships with men, inclu…
Are interventions supporting separated parents father inclusive? Insights and challenges from a review of programme implementation and impact
This paper reviews divorce‐related parenting programmes, assessing the extent to which fathers are included and whether father inclusion influences outcomes. The paper also discusses limitations of the research evidence and implications for future intervention and evaluation design. Thirteen programmes met the criteria in the review period 2005–2012 but only four had been evaluated using randomized control trials or with independent measures from…
Thinking critically about rapport and collusion in feminist research
Independence and effectiveness
This paper draws on research into the role of Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) in England, exploring the dimensions and challenges of their ‘independence’. IROs are specialist social workers whose function is to review the cases of children in public care and ensure that they have appropriate plans and that these plans are being implemented in a timely manner. IROs are ‘independent’ in the sense that they are not the social worker to whom a …
Fathering after separation or divorce
This article uses qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation and divorce to provide insights into how men may navigate the complex terrain of post-separation fathering. It considers domestic space, seen as important for sustaining fathering roles and relationships; it considers more public or social spaces, where fathers feel they can, or should, ‘display’ fathering; but also highlights a gendered moral space in which fathering i…
Relationality and moral reasoning in accounts of fathering after separation or divorce
Based on a qualitative, sociological study, this article presents fathering after divorce as a complex moral and relational process; a navigation of post-separation family life shaped by gendered patterns of caring for children. New contexts of fathering can bring transformative experiences of care, but fathers also encounter the ‘pull’ of a gendered model of parenting, which normalises different levels of caring responsibility without disrupting…
Extending the Analytical Lens
This article adds to theoretical debate among British sociologists of families and relationships by considering the analytical potential and positioning of intimacy and care as concepts. Drawing on qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation or divorce, it explores the conceptual value of care as a means to advance understanding of fathering relationships. Raising the question of labour and the question of power, the discussion de…
Men as Fathers in Child Protection
When child protection professionals struggle to engage fathers and father figures, assessments may not accurately reflect the combination of resource and risk factors men present for children they care for, potentially endangering children and excluding men. In a mixed methods study in England of fathers and their perspectives on involvement in the child protection system and with their children, fathers persisted as a presence in children’s live…
Relationality and moral reasoning in accounts of fathering after separation or divorce
Based on a qualitative, sociological study, this article presents fathering after divorce as a complex moral and relational process; a navigation of post-separation family life shaped by gendered patterns of caring for children. New contexts of fathering can bring transformative experiences of care, but fathers also encounter the ‘pull’ of a gendered model of parenting, which normalises different levels of caring responsibility without disrupting…
The Trouble With Fathers
The lives of families entering the child protection arena may be shaped by a range of troubles, including material deprivation, physical and mental health problems, and substance misuse or domestic abuse. Despite the interest in whole family approaches, the issue of how professionals fail to work effectively with fathers is long-standing and resistant to change. This article illustrates challenges in building working relationships with men, inclu…
Fathering after separation or divorce
This article uses qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation and divorce to provide insights into how men may navigate the complex terrain of post-separation fathering. It considers domestic space, seen as important for sustaining fathering roles and relationships; it considers more public or social spaces, where fathers feel they can, or should, ‘display’ fathering; but also highlights a gendered moral space in which fathering i…
Linked lives
In the wake of a “national care crisis” in England, an increasing number of parents return to the family court as repeat respondents in care proceedings and lose successive children from their care. Despite considerable progress in understanding the trends and patterns of mothers' (re)appearances in care proceedings, knowledge of fathers and of parents' family relationships in recurrent care proceedings remains very limited. Whilst such relations…
I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”
This article presents data from the first large-scale study of fathers involved in repeat (or recurrent) care proceedings in England. The project complements important research on mothers and recurrence. It consisted of three elements: an analysis of population-level administrative data from the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS), a survey of fathers in pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and a qualitative longitudina…
When they were taken it is like grieving’
There is growing recognition, in the UK and internationally, of the huge costs of recurrent appearances of parents in local authority care proceedings. This paper contributes to pressing policy and practice concerns to reduce recurrence. It presents qualitative longitudinal data from the first study of fathers' experiences of recurrent care proceedings in England. Demonstrating the emotional impact of repeat proceedings and successive loss of chi…
Independence and effectiveness
This paper draws on research into the role of Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) in England, exploring the dimensions and challenges of their ‘independence’. IROs are specialist social workers whose function is to review the cases of children in public care and ensure that they have appropriate plans and that these plans are being implemented in a timely manner. IROs are ‘independent’ in the sense that they are not the social worker to whom a …
Extending the Analytical Lens
This article adds to theoretical debate among British sociologists of families and relationships by considering the analytical potential and positioning of intimacy and care as concepts. Drawing on qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation or divorce, it explores the conceptual value of care as a means to advance understanding of fathering relationships. Raising the question of labour and the question of power, the discussion de…
Relationality and moral reasoning in accounts of fathering after separation or divorce
Based on a qualitative, sociological study, this article presents fathering after divorce as a complex moral and relational process; a navigation of post-separation family life shaped by gendered patterns of caring for children. New contexts of fathering can bring transformative experiences of care, but fathers also encounter the ‘pull’ of a gendered model of parenting, which normalises different levels of caring responsibility without disrupting…
Extending the Analytical Lens
This article adds to theoretical debate among British sociologists of families and relationships by considering the analytical potential and positioning of intimacy and care as concepts. Drawing on qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation or divorce, it explores the conceptual value of care as a means to advance understanding of fathering relationships. Raising the question of labour and the question of power, the discussion de…
Fathering after separation or divorce
This article uses qualitative data from a study of fathering after separation and divorce to provide insights into how men may navigate the complex terrain of post-separation fathering. It considers domestic space, seen as important for sustaining fathering roles and relationships; it considers more public or social spaces, where fathers feel they can, or should, ‘display’ fathering; but also highlights a gendered moral space in which fathering i…
Independence and effectiveness
This paper draws on research into the role of Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) in England, exploring the dimensions and challenges of their ‘independence’. IROs are specialist social workers whose function is to review the cases of children in public care and ensure that they have appropriate plans and that these plans are being implemented in a timely manner. IROs are ‘independent’ in the sense that they are not the social worker to whom a …
Are interventions supporting separated parents father inclusive? Insights and challenges from a review of programme implementation and impact
This paper reviews divorce‐related parenting programmes, assessing the extent to which fathers are included and whether father inclusion influences outcomes. The paper also discusses limitations of the research evidence and implications for future intervention and evaluation design. Thirteen programmes met the criteria in the review period 2005–2012 but only four had been evaluated using randomized control trials or with independent measures from…
Thinking critically about rapport and collusion in feminist research
Men as Fathers in Child Protection
When child protection professionals struggle to engage fathers and father figures, assessments may not accurately reflect the combination of resource and risk factors men present for children they care for, potentially endangering children and excluding men. In a mixed methods study in England of fathers and their perspectives on involvement in the child protection system and with their children, fathers persisted as a presence in children’s live…
Linked lives
In the wake of a “national care crisis” in England, an increasing number of parents return to the family court as repeat respondents in care proceedings and lose successive children from their care. Despite considerable progress in understanding the trends and patterns of mothers' (re)appearances in care proceedings, knowledge of fathers and of parents' family relationships in recurrent care proceedings remains very limited. Whilst such relations…
The Trouble With Fathers
The lives of families entering the child protection arena may be shaped by a range of troubles, including material deprivation, physical and mental health problems, and substance misuse or domestic abuse. Despite the interest in whole family approaches, the issue of how professionals fail to work effectively with fathers is long-standing and resistant to change. This article illustrates challenges in building working relationships with men, inclu…
I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”
This article presents data from the first large-scale study of fathers involved in repeat (or recurrent) care proceedings in England. The project complements important research on mothers and recurrence. It consisted of three elements: an analysis of population-level administrative data from the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS), a survey of fathers in pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and a qualitative longitudina…
When they were taken it is like grieving’
There is growing recognition, in the UK and internationally, of the huge costs of recurrent appearances of parents in local authority care proceedings. This paper contributes to pressing policy and practice concerns to reduce recurrence. It presents qualitative longitudinal data from the first study of fathers' experiences of recurrent care proceedings in England. Demonstrating the emotional impact of repeat proceedings and successive loss of chi…
Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works)