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Finance and central services department research programme 2004-05
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Tackling delayed discharge: a research review
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This research review was conducted to inform a review of policy on delayed discharge in Scotland. The review aimed to identify initiatives to tackle delayed discharges in Scotland, taking delayed discharge Joint Action Plans as a starting point, and set this information in the context of current policy and evidence on the nature and extent of the problem and on 'good practice' in tackling delayed discharge.
Contact applications involving allegations of domestic abuse: feasability study
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland: a skills and aspirations audit; summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The overall aim of the research was to audit the kinds of skills, qualifications and aspirations that refugees and asylum seekers living in Scotland have. The research aimed to explore the educational experiences and qualifications of refugees and asylum seekers; their work experience both in their countries of origin and here in the UK (i.e. to gain an insight into the kinds of employment that asylum seekers and refugees had held in their country of origin and to compare it with their current occupations here in Scotland); their language skills and their needs and aspirations for the future. Specific questions included: What kinds of skills and qualifications do refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland have?; What aspirations do refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland hold?; What kinds of barriers and difficulties do refugees and asylum seekers face when attempting to access further education and training?; What kinds of barriers and difficulties do refugees and asylum seekers (with permission to work) face when attempting to find employment?; How can we best use the information about refugees’ and asylum seekers’ skills, qualifications and aspirations to help counter the negative perceptions that many people hold?.
Mental health officer services: structures and supports
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The role of the Mental Health Officer (MHO) in Scotland has evolved in recent years as a consequence both of changes in the patterns of service provision for people with mental health problems or a learning disability and in response to changes and developments in legislation affecting these groups. The changing legislative and service landscape in mental health and learning disability poses significant challenges relating to the capacity and capability of current MHO services in Scotland.
Life in low income families in Scotland: a review of the literature
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 42p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This literature review seeks to inform the efforts of the Scottish Executive in working toward the development of effective policy to prevent and eliminate child poverty within a generation. The explicit evaluations by those living in low income family households of government policies and practices also yield policy-relevant insights. Similarly, life experiences and outlook serve as a barometer of the extent to which policies are changing the lives of the least affluent in Scotland. The report is based had 3 primary aims - to explore: the views and experiences of people living in poverty (adults, youths and children), perceptions of the causes and effects of poverty and of changing poverty levels, and responses to poverty and approaches to managing poverty.
Life in low income families in Scotland: research report
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report is the second stage of a research project which explores the views and experiences of poverty amongst those living within low income households with at least one child under the age of 18. This report the efforts of the Scottish Executive in working toward the development of effective policy to prevent and eliminate child poverty within a generation. The explicit evaluations by those living in low income family households of government policies and practices also yield policy-relevant insights. Similarly, life experiences and outlook serve as a barometer of the extent to which policies are changing the lives of the least affluent in Scotland. The research on which this report is based had 3 primary aims - to explore: the views and experiences of people living in poverty (adults, youths and children), perceptions of the causes and effects of poverty and of changing poverty levels, and responses to poverty and approaches to managing poverty.
Impact of childcare support for lone parent students
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 55p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Child Poverty Package was launched in July 2001. It is designed to help lone parents into further and higher education (FE and HE) through supporting childcare costs, and improving the supply of childcare. This study was commissioned to develop a monitoring framework and also to collect and analyse monitoring data on the first year of operation of two elements of the package. These were the provision of a new £1,000 annual grant towards the costs of formal childcare for lone parents in full time higher education, and the funding that has been made available to further education colleges to widen childcare provision.