Capacity to Change (C2C) Assessment Model
Papers describing and evaluating the C2C (Capacity to Change) assessment model. The C2C model assesses a parent's capacity to make changes in response to an intervention in a child protection context.
- A procedure for assessing parents capacity for change in child protection cases.
Harnett, P. H. (2007). A procedure for assessing parents capacity for change in child protection cases. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(9), 1179-1188. Paper describing a model for the assessment of paranetal capacity-to-change. - The role of decision making in the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Australian child protection system
Harnett, P. H., & Featherstone, G. (2020). The role of decision making in the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Australian child protection system. Children and Youth Services Review, 113(April), 105019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105019 Paper discussing the implications of the decision making ecology model for the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Australian child protection system. - Developing pathways to assist parents exit the child protection system in Australia
Harnett, P. H., & Day, C. (2008). Developing pathways to assist parents exit the child protection system in Australia. Clinical Psychologist, 12(3), 79-85. Paper provides further discussion of the importance of assessing capacity-to-change in the child protection context. - Assessing capacity to change in high-risk pregnant women: A pilot study
Harnett, P. H., Barlow, J., Coe, C., Newbold, C., & Dawe, S. (2018). Assessing capacity to change in high-risk pregnant women: A pilot study. Child Abuse Review, 27(1), 72–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2491 A mixed methods study describing a community-based pre-birth assessment and care pathway that utilised the Parents Under Pressure (PuP) programme to assess parenting capacity and provide support pre- and post-birth for ‘at risk’ women. Safeguarding status deteriorated or stayed the same in 52 per cent of the routine cases compared to 26 per cent of those receiving the pathway. Qualitative data revealed that the pathway was acceptable and helpful to service users and service providers. - An evidence-based, pre-birth assessment pathway for vulnerable pregnant women.
Barlow, J., Dawe, S., Coe, C., & Harnett, P. H. (2016). An evidence-based, pre-birth assessment pathway for vulnerable pregnant women. British Journal of Social Work, 46(4), 960–973. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu150 This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care team, which aims to provide early identification, intensive support, timely assessment and decision making for a group of highly vulnerable, pregnant women, their partners and their infants. The pathway of care is described and a case study is presented to illustrate this care pathway.