Clem Henricson, B.A., Solicitor
Director of Research and Policy, and Deputy Chief Executive of
National Family Planning and Parenting Institute
Clem Henricson is a social policy analyst who has specialised in investigating the relationship between the state and the family. She has a particular interest in human rights and has assessed the Government’s family policy from a social rights perspective in Government and Parenting, 2000, and the interaction between child and family policy in The Child and Family Policy Divide, 2004. She supervises the work of the Commission into Families and the Well -Being of Children, which is due to report on the respective role of state and family in 2005. Clem has researched family services in England and Wales, and has developed a model for the future of family services which has been instrumental in shaping government strategic planning in this area. She has led a multi - stage national programme for parent support in schools, involving pilots, evaluation and feasibility assessments. As Head of Research and Policy at the National Family and Parenting Institute, she edits the Institute’s research and policy publications and directs a multidisciplinary academic team of developmental and social psychologists, and comparative cultural and social policy analysts. She serves on government and academic advisory committees concerned with family policy.
Email: Henricson@nfpi.org
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Henricson, C. and Bainham, A. (2004) The Child and Family Policy Divide. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. |
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Henricson, C. (2004) ‘Guidance to accompany government attempts to support families and bring about change for those at risk’. Research Matters: A Digest of Research in Social Services. Special issue 2004: 23-28. |
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Henricson, C. (2003) ‘Should the government draw together the role, rights and responsibilities of parents into a single policy statement and would one be of use anyway?’ Research Matters: A Digest of Research in Social Services. October 2003 – April 2004: 31 - 36 |
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Henricson, C. (2003) Government and Parenting: Is there a case for a policy review and a parents’ code .Joseph Rowntree Foundation. |
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Henricson, C. (2003) Governing Parenting: Is there a case for a statement of parents’ rights and responsibilities? Child Right CR199: 14-15 |
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Henricson, C. (2003) The Future of Family Support Services. Research Matters: A Digest of Research in Social Services April – October 2003: 25-30. |
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Henricson, C (2003) Parenting Orders: a fair deal for parents? Child Right, CR 201: 8-9 |
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Henricson, C. (2002) The Future for Family Services in England and Wales. NFPI |
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Henricson, C. (ed) (2002) Reaching Parents: Producing and Delivering Parent Information Resources. London: National Family and Parenting Institute. |
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Henricson, C., Katz, I., Mesie, J., Sandison, M. and Tunstill, J. (2001) National Mapping of Family Services in England and Wales London: National Family and Parenting Institute. |
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Henricson, C. and Grey, A. (2001) Understanding Discipline: an overview of child discipline practices and their implications for family support. London: National Family and Parenting Institute. |
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Henricson, C. (2001) 'Parenting and Youth Crime' in Coleman, J. and Roker, D. (eds.) Support for the Parents of Teenagers. Jessica Kingsley |
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Henricson, C. (ed) (2001) Understanding Parent’s Needs : a review of parents’ surveys. London: National Family and Parenting Institute |
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Henricson, C. (2001) National Mapping of Family Services in England and Wales Co-author. (2001) NFPI |
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Henricson, C., Coleman, J. and Roker, D. (2000) ‘Parenting in the youth justice context’. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 39, 4: 325 -338 |
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Henricson, C., Coleman, J. and Roker, D. (2000) ‘Support for the parents of adolescents: a review’. Journal of Adolescence 23: 763-783 |
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Henricson, C. (2000) Teenagers Attitudes to Parenting NFPI |
Grants held since 2001
o Department for Education and Skills
Family research, policy and practice grant – four annual research publications.
2002 - 2005
Qualitative
research with parents on Green Paper Every Child Matters. 2004
Family
demographic and attitudinal trends. 2004
o Treasury
Qualitative research with parents
on financial implications of education of 16 – 19 year olds. 2004
Qualitative research with parents on Supporting young people to achieve.
2004
o Department of Health
Research with parents of teenagers in areas with high teenage pregnancy rates. 2002 – 2004
o ESRC
PHD studentship. Parenting in multi cultural Britain. With University of East Anglia. 2001 – 2004
o Gulbenkian, Department for Education and Skills, Home Office
Feasibility study, and piloting and evaluating parent information sessions in schools. 2002 – 2004
o Gulbenkian
Contractual culture and family support. 2004-2005
o Health Promotion England
Research into parents’ information needs. 2001 - 2002
o Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Family Commission. 2004-2005
Supporting disabled parents. With University of
Leicester. 2002 – 2003
Government and Parenting. 2002
Child Family Policy Divide. With University of
Cambridge. 2003 -2004
