cultural differences; genuine fear- will my children be removed; anti-authority stance, dislike or fear of authority figures; lack of communication from professionals; do not want to have their privacy invaded; have something to hide; families may have experienced services where their problems have been treated in isolation, so they disengaged because they were overwhelmed by the other needs they face; families may have very low aspirations or are daunted by how services present themselves; there may be some unidentified needs for example, mental health issues or learning disability, which have previously stopped the family from engaging in support or making progress; families may struggle to engage with services because the wider problems they face are not taken into account. For example, appointments might not be kept due to ongoing circumstances which service providers are unaware of; individuals may fail to acknowledge their own needs (for example, mental health needs) or to acknowledge the impact that their needs and/or behaviour are having on others. For example, a parent with mental health needs may fail to recognise the impact that his/her behaviour is having on needs being met; his/her child’s a family may have engaged with services and received support in the past, but the support may not have been sustained for a long enough period of time causing the family to regress once the support ceased. This may mean the family is now not motivated to re-engage; a chaotic lifestyle (for example, substance misuse, mental health issues/needs, lack of time management skills) may have previously led to missed appointments and being discharged prematurely from a service, leaving the family member feeling de-motivated to try again; if a family feels inadequate, stressed or threatened by the service being offered or cannot see its practical benefits they are more likely to avoid participating; not understanding what is expected and why;
cultural differences; genuine fear- will my children be removed; anti-authority stance, dislike or fear of authority figures; lack of communication from professionals; do not want to have their privacy invaded; have something to hide; families may have experienced services where their problems have been treated in isolation, so they disengaged because they were overwhelmed by the other needs they face; families may have very low aspirations or are daunted by how services present themselves; there may be some unidentified needs for example, mental health issues or learning disability, which have previously stopped the family from engaging in support or making progress; families may struggle to engage with services because the wider problems they face are not taken into account. For example, appointments might not be kept due to ongoing circumstances which service providers are unaware of; individuals may fail to acknowledge their own needs (for example, mental health needs) or to acknowledge the impact that their needs and/or behaviour are having on others. For example, a parent with mental health needs may fail to recognise the impact that his/her behaviour is having on his/her child’s needs being met; a family may have engaged with services and received support in the past, but the support may not have been sustained for a long enough period of time causing the family to regress once the support ceased. This may mean the family is now not motivated to re-engage; a chaotic lifestyle (for example, substance misuse, mental health issues/needs, lack of time management skills) may have previously led to missed appointments and being discharged prematurely from a service, leaving the family member feeling de-motivated to try again; if a family feels inadequate, stressed or threatened by the service being offered or cannot see its practical benefits they are more likely to avoid participating; not understanding what is expected and why;