Virtual contact between children and their birth families during ‘lockdown’: unexpected opportunities

The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is turning many social work practices on their heads and local authorities are making adjustments extremely quickly under significant pressure. One area of practice that has required a rapid rethink is promoting links between children and their birth families. For www.parenting.digital, Professor Beth Neil and Ruth Copson talk about the findings from their research on managing children’s connections to birth families during social isolation and lockdown.