Man Matters Policy Briefing Paper No 3 Separated fathers: Fathers, Separation and Co-Parenting This policy briefing paper was prepared for the Man Matters project by Dr Helga Sneddon Dr Helga Sneddon is a Project specialist at the Centre for Effective Services (CES). She works with policy makers, commissioners and service providers to help them use evidence to improve outcomes for children and families. She has particular interests in prevention and early intervention, area based initiatives, implementation, evalua- tion and making evidence useable. Prior to joining CES she specialised in family and social work research for twelve years as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Child Care Research at Queen’s University Belfast. Policy Briefing Paper No 3 1 CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICES