Centre for Vulnerable Children and Families is one of the six centres that form the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich in London.
Centre for Vulnerable Children and Families is comprised of over 20 members working at the University of Greenwich in the Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences. The team’s expertise represents a broad number of disciplines like psychology, social work and counselling, education, teacher education, early years education, health sciences, midwifery, youth and community work, children’s nursing, and wellbeing studies.
Our work includes adults preparing for parenthood, prenatal development, childhood and adolescence. We focus on varied experiences of children and young people, including the impact of a parent being imprisoned, the effects of homelessness, factors influencing behaviours including bullying, cyberbullying and anti-social behaviour, disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders, and historical aspects of childhood. We have a strong interest in practice and work within nursing contexts, early education settings as well as within schools, young offenders’ institutes and pupil referral units. We have strong networks with researchers and practitioners nationally and internationally, working in countries including Spain, Chile, Uganda and Malaysia.