Domestic violenceInformation for professionals working in services tackling issues of domestic violence against women and men.
Policy » Domestic violence
Parental Responsibility is a legal status an adult can hold in relation to a child, which gives that adult all the ‘rights and responsibilities’ of a parent.
Practice » Domestic violence
Useful organisations and information sources:
Below you will find a referral organisation for specialist advice on most issues. Do email us (mail@fatherhoodinstitute.org) if you think any of our information is wrong or needs updating (organisations can change their details day to day, and they don’t usually inform us when they do!) or if you feel we have missed out or misrepresented an important service
Advice Now
An independent, not-for-profit website providing accurate, up-to-date information on rights and legal issues.
Practice » Domestic violence
CARE SYSTEM
Questions we have been asked include:
‘My child has been taken into care – what can I do as a dad to get him back?’
‘Man who had custody of his son became ill and social services have taken the son from him.
Practice » Domestic violence
Blog » Domestic violence
Blog » Domestic violence
Mark Osborn writes: Working with the Family Rights Group, we are funded through the DfE’s Voluntary and Community Sector grant to support local authority safeguarding services to engage more effectively with fathers and other men in families.
Practice » Domestic violence
Respect Accreditation is the recognised gold standard in the UK for services working with men who use intimate partner violence, and there are growing numbers of organisations that have achieved this quality mark for their practice and management.
Policy » Domestic violence
We convened a roundtable for Professor Eileen Munro to help her think about men and fathers in her review of social work practice around child protection and safeguarding.