Working with children and families - Audio
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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2009
Families and origin
Husband and father Calvin Wilkes discusses his attitudes to family life and living as part of a second-generation immigrant family.
00:07:39 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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 conditions.
00:15:23 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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.
00:08:44 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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.
00:07:28 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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 children.
00:10:26 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
ChildLine
Gill Keep, senior policy officer at ChildLine, talks about the background and the goals of this helpline dedicated to children.
00:06:28 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
The sure start programme
An initiative in London created to assist and support underprivileged families in bringing up their children.
00:14:42 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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
00:10:32 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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 newborn and developing children.
00:14:55 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Community dental work
A dental nurse visits a school to give pupils a fun and informative lesson on dental hygiene and the importance of a balanced diet.
00:07:03 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Play groups and facilities
Interviews that examine a small rural playgroup, the rigorous rules necessary to begin looking after children and what the work is like.
00:09:19 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Initiatives in Belfast
Two child-oriented services, the Early Years project and a local crèche - their services and the impact they have on the local area.
00:15:24 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Parental involvement
Parents discuss the importance of partnership and working with schools, and how their children are assisted and encouraged by such involvement.
00:13:05 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Children and disability
A discussion of the problems and pressures experienced by parents of disabled children, highlighting schemes and charities that are there to help.
00:14:17 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
Family centres
A look at a family centre in Glasgow, where local government can hinder the setting up and running of desperately needed facilities.
00:09:08 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
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