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Brid Featherstone, Kate Morris, Sue White, A Marriage Made in Hell: Early Intervention Meets Child Protection, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 44, Issue 7, October 2014, Pages 1735–1749, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct052
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Abstract
In this article, we will argue for the moral legitimacy of support and its difference from intervention and the need to engage with and develop a family support project for the twenty-first century. We call for a debate on the current settlement between the state and family life and for a recognition that a perfect storm has ensued from the unholy alliance of early intervention and child protection. We will argue for a project that celebrates families' strengths as well as their vulnerabilities in the context of considerable adversities and (re) locates workers as agents of hope and support. We draw from a diverse set of literatures and disciplines to locate our arguments within a broader project occasioned by the economic crisis and questioning of the verities of neo-liberalism.