There is a need to increase the availability of relationship support provision in the UK, and to embed a focus on reducing parental conflict in local systems and services. This is currently being addressed as part of the national Reducing Parental Conflict Programme, but as a new policy area, local areas need support on where to start. In this section we provide a range of tools and resources that can help.
Commissioner Guide: Reducing parental conflict
Interactive guide and practical tool designed to support local commissioners and service leaders to use the best available research and practice evidence to reduce the impact of parental conflict on children.
Reducing Parental Conflict Planning Tool
Understand where your local area is at currently. Use this self-assessment tool to measure progress in delivering a system-wide approach to reducing the impact of conflict between parents on their children.
Reducing parental conflict: Outcomes framework
Introducing our updated outcomes framework that highlights what risk factors can influence interparental conflict and, ultimately, affect child outcomes.
Conducting a needs assessment on parental conflict
A step-by-step guide on how to assess the population needs in relation to parental conflict in a local area: what are the needs in your local area, who has them, and how severe are they?
Developing a relationship support pathway for families: A support pathway model
This tool is designed to help you to develop a relationship support pathway for families in your local area, with the goal of reducing the impact of harmful conflict between parents on children.
An evidence resource on family disadvantage and its impact on children
Prototype tool to help commissioners and frontline practitioners better understand multiple disadvantages, including parental conflict, and what action can be taken in their area.
Other resources
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