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This programme looks at the work of a self-help group, Parents Anonymous, and discusses how such a group can supplement the work of the professional social welfare agencies.
This programme looks at the work of a self-help group, Parents Anonymous, and discusses how such a group can supplement the work of the professional social welfare agencies.
| Module code and title: | P253, Conflict in the family |
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| Item code: | P253; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 11-09-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Vic Lockwood |
| Contributors: | Gerry Peacock; Pat Stevens |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Parent; Role play; Self help; Telephone; Voluntary work |
| Footage description: | This programme begins with various members of the Parents Anonymous Group describing their attitudes towards the group. Two volunteers are seen taking part in a role playing exercise. Over shots of Islington Welfare Centre Geraldine Peacock points out things the student should look for in the programme. Pat Stevens, one of the groups organisers, talk about their aims and the kind of commitment needed by the volunteers. She describes her own problems with her family which led her to work with Parents Anonymous. Pat Stevens is seen addressing a group of volunteer trainees. She describes the training that the will be given. Ruth Cubitt, one of the volunteers explains to the group how she became involved in Parents Anonymous. Pat Stevens talks about the importance of role playing in the training sessions and how the rest of the training will be structured. Two volunteers, Pat Ashton and Jackie Blake, work through a role playing session. Pat speaks the part of a distraught mother worried about her teenage daughter. Jackie plays out her role as a Parents Anonymous volunteer on the other end of the telephone trying to comfort her and offering advice. The training group then discusses the role playing session, analysing what other advice and assistance could have been offered. Pat Stevens talks about the importance of professional back-up for the volunteers and also the work of support groups which meet locally to give volunteers advice and a chance to talk together. Over shots of the Thames at Kingston, Geraldine Peacock discusses the relationship between voluntary and professional agencies. Michael Land, Senior Specialist Social Worker in Child Abuse, argues that self help groups like Parents Anonymous, have an important role to play by providing support for professional services. Ethel Owens, volunteer, describes her relationship to her professional back-up. Ruth Mitchell, psychologist, explains her role as a professional back-up. A meeting of the West London Support Group is then shown. At the meeting the volunteers discuss problems they have had with callers and then discuss the financing of the group and the organisation of a bazaar. Christine Badgett, volunteer, explains how the group publicises its activities. Pat Stevens describes how difficult it is to measure the success of the group. Shirley Law of Greenwich Voluntary Workers Bureau argues that some tasks are best done by nonprofessionals. Pat Stevens explains that the group gets calls from people with a wide range of problems. The programme ends with a further role playing session in progress. |
| Production number: | FOUP039H |
| Videofinder number: | 3099 |
| Available to public: | no |
