Materials and tools
Downloadable materials to support social workers in practice
Sample chapters from the C-Change; Capacity to Change Assessment Manual are now available to download.
We hope that access to these chapters will provide an introduction to the C-Change approach to assessing parental capacity to change, and help you consider how it can assist you in your practice or research with children and families.
Please note that the available chapters are pre-publication samples and therefore do not contain the same graphics as the hard copy of the Manual. The sample chapters of the Manual are freely downloadable subject to following copyright conditions:
The chapters may be downloaded, viewed and printed for personal, non-commercial use or for internal non-commercial circulation within your organisation provided that:
· No trademark, copyright or other proprietary notices contained in or that appear on the material are removed and the University of Bristol is attributed as the copyright owner. For the avoidance of doubt, the Handbook may not be reproduced in whole or in part or exploited for commercial gain.
· No material may be altered in any way without the University’s written consent.
· All other rights are reserved.
Copies of the full C-Change manual are available through attendance at a C-Change training course, provided by our training partner Interface Enterprises. We strongly recommend investing in training to enable practitioners to fully explore the C-Change approach and gain advice and support in how to use it in practice.
For more information on the training options available please look at our training page and read the opinions of practitioners already trained in the C-Change approach, and commissioners, from the Interface website.
If you have any questions regarding access to the C-Change manual then please contact Katie Riches at katie.riches@bristol.ac.uk
Platt D. and Riches K. (2016), C-Change Capacity to Change Assessment Manual, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.
Sample Chapters
Chapter one - Introduction (PDF, 478kB)
Chapter two - Outline of the C-Change Assessment (PDF, 712kB)
Chapter eight - Background to C-Change (PDF, 230kB)
Journal Article
We are able to provide access to a journal article that sets out the theoretical background to the C-Change approach:
Published in Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol 61, pp. 141–148.
Blog post
Please also read the blog post by Dr Dendy Platt which considers the need for a structured and thorough approach to assessing parental capacity to change when working with families where children are at risk of harm.
How Social Workers Assess Parental Capacity to Change,
Dr Dendy Platt examines the potential for the C-Change approach
Posted on April 19, 2016
Tools
The C-Change manual refers to standard questionnaires and tools that can be used to support practitioners in understanding the barriers to and facilitators of change, and in assessing actual change if used on a before and after basis.
We strongly recommend that practitioners are trained in the C- Change approach and that the manual is not used in isolation. Our training courses support staff to gain skills and confidence, and to improve the quality and accuracy of assessments. The University of Bristol is working in partnership with Interface Enterprises Ltd who provide the training for the approach.
The developers of these tools have all kindly given their permission for their tools to be hosted on the C-Change website and to be downloaded for use by practitioners. We are grateful for their permission and ask that practitioners respect this by using the tools faithfully and in the way they were intended. The tools are not to be amended in any way, nor are they able to provide a diagnosis of any clinical condition. They are best used to provide an objective measure of change or to explore issues in an alternative manner and as a springboard for discussion.
Before selecting a tool to use please consider carefully which would be the most appropriate. Information on what to consider can be found in Chapter Four of the manual and the available training will explore the use of tools in detail.
If any issues arise when using the tools please either contact katie.riches@bristol.ac.uk or access the suggested website listed next to the tool.
Downloads:
- Adult wellbeing (PDF, 30kB)
For: Exploring the parent’s general emotional well-being
(Cox & Bentovim, The Family Pack of Questionnaires and Scales, London:TSO, 2000) - AUDIT (PDF, 555kB)
For: Screening for Excessive alcohol use
(Babor et al, AUDIT The Alcohol Use Disorders Test, WHO, 2001) Full manual including guidelines for use available at: http://www.talkingalcohol.com/files/pdfs/WHO_audit.pdf - CPRS (PDF, 125kB) Child Parent Relationship Scale and Scoring
For: Assessing parent’s perceptions of their relationship with their child (aged 3-12)
(Driscoll & Pianta, 'Mother’s and father’s Perceptions of Conflict and Closeness in Parent-Child Relationships during early childhood', Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology, 2011, vol. 7) http://www.curry.virginia.edu/pianta/measures - DASS (PDF, 191kB) Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale
For: Measuring the related emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress
(Lovibund & Lovibund, Manual for the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, Sydney; Psychological Foundation, 1995) http://www2.psy.unsw.edu.au/groups/dass - DASS 21 Scoring and interpretation (PDF, 182kB)
- Guidance on developing eco-maps (PDF, 252kB)
For: Developing an understanding of the influences within a families support network, both positive and stressful
(Further information and examples from http://routledgesw.com/sanchez/engage/mappingTheCase) - Family Activity (PDF, 38kB)
For: Exploring joint child-centred family activity and independent child-centred activity within the family; can provide an indication of the parents’ notions and provision of child-centred activity
(Cox & Bentovim, The Family Pack of Questionnaires and Scales, London:TSO, 2000) - Home Conditions (PDF, 24kB)
For: Assessing physical condition of home environment, including social presentation of children
(Cox & Bentovim, The Family Pack of Questionnaires and Scales, London:TSO, 2000) - MORS SF (PDF, 73kB) Mother Object Relations Scale
For: Use as a screening tool to indicate potential difficulties in the mother-baby relationship during the first 12 months of the baby’s life
(Oates and Gervai, 2005; Oates & Gervai, Mothers’ Models of their Infants, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Simkiss et al, validation of the MORS in 2-4 year old children and comparison with the CPRS, 2013) - MSPSS (PDF, 74kB) The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
For: Measuring a person’s perceptions of support from family, friends and a significant other
(Zimet et al, The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Journal of Personality Assessment, 1988, 52:30-41) www.gzimet.wix.com/mspss - PDH Scale (PDF, 32kB) Parental Daily Hassles
For: Identifying and then assessing the intensity and frequency of 20 different parental tasks that can be seen by parents as a ‘hassle’. Useful with families who are not well known and can assist in prioritising which areas of parenting difficulty to address
(Cox & Bentovim, The Family Pack of Questionnaires and Scales, London:TSO, 2000) - Parenting sense of competence scale (PDF, 174kB)
For: Assessing a parent’s competence in the parental role through looking at two main areas; satisfaction (parent’s anxiety, motivation, frustration) and efficacy (competence, capability, problem solving)
(Gibaud-Wallston, J, 1978, Self-Esteem and Situational Stress: Factors related to sense of competence in new parents, Dissertation Abstracts International, 39(1B), Gibaud-Wallston and Wandersman, 1978, Development and Utility of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association) - TWEAK (PDF, 96kB)
For: Screening for harmful drinking or dependence on alcohol
(Chan et al, Use of the TWEAK test in screening for Alcoholism / heavy drinking in three populations, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experminetal Research, 1993, 17(6):1188-92)
External links:
We are unable to host the tools listed below on the C-Change website but you should be able to access them by following the links provided:
- Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (Ryan et al) NB. Free and quick registration required
- URICA.
Please contact us to let us know if any of these links stop working; katie.riches@bristol.ac.uk
We are currently working to provide downloads or links to the last remaining tools referred to in the C-Change manual that cannot be seen above and these should be available shortly.
Until then, as all the tools referred to are openly available on the internet, they can be found through using your preferred search engine.
Thank you for your patience.