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Improving the well-being of disabled young people
- Authors:
- KELLY Grace, KELLY Bernie, MACDONALD Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 127
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Drawing on the views of 37 young disabled people in Northern Ireland, this report looks at how they feel about their own well-being and how they experience everyday life. The report identifies common triggers for positive and negative feelings and highlights opportunities for improving well-being. Participants were between 10 and 24 years of age and included young people with physical and learning and communication difficulties. The report provides an overview of the policy landscape, discusses the concept of subjective well-being, the role it plays in contributing to the quality of life and ways of measuring subjective well-being. Drawing on interviews, the report discusses the findings in the following areas: the extent to which adolescents are satisfied with their life; how their experiences contribute to the conditions that can enhance or diminish well-being; and the factors that young people feel are most important for building their capability to enjoy a happy and fulfilled life. Key messages include: the need to protect disabled young people and their families from poverty; the importance of formal sources of participation for social interaction in improving well-being; and how involvement of young people with particular needs in the design stages of programmes can overcome barriers to participation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Parental alcohol use and resilience in young people: a study of family, peer and school processes: short report
- Authors:
- McLAUGHLIN Aisling, et al
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Using longitudinal data collected as part of the Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS), this Public Health Agency funded research investigated substance use, mental health and educational outcomes for children living with problem drinking parents. It aimed also looked at protective factors that helped children’s resilience in these areas from early adolescence to young adulthood. Questionnaires were analysed from approximately 1,000 young people and their families at seven points between 2001 and 2011, starting from when the young people were 11. A group of 23 children who attended a service designed to help children affected by their parent’s substance use were also contacted. Key findings are summarised in the areas of alcohol use and the family; friends, relationships and leisure activities; and school. The study found that a young person’s use of alcohol during adolescence and early adulthood associated with exposure to their parents’ drinking at 14 years old. Children of problem drinkers were likely to spent more time outside the home, have reduced levels of attachment and less commitment at school aged 14. Parental drinking also impacted on levels of parenting, with parents who drank less likely to know of child’s whereabouts or who they spent time with and their activities. The report highlights recommendations for policy and practice. These include the adoption of a life-course perspective in service design and delivery to help young people as they move to adult life and for education services to have a minimum on one professional trained in the impact of parental drinking on children. (Edited publisher abstract)
From care to where? A care pathways and outcomes report for practitioners
- Authors:
- McSHERRY Dominic, et al
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Summarises findings from a research study called Care Pathways and Outcomes and is written primarily for professionals who work with children in care and their families on a daily basis, and for academics working in this area. The study explored placements for all children who were under five years old and in public care in Northern Ireland on 31 March 2000. This included foster care placements, adoption, or the placement of children with their birth parents. The study also sought to determine parents' views on how these children were managing. This document presents key statistical information and considers key aspects of the care pathways, focusing on: involvement in care planning; relationships with social workers; helping children settle into the placement; developing good child-parent relationships; contact; school and friendships; type of support provided; and children's strengths and difficulties. (Edited publisher abstract)
From care to where? A care pathways and outcomes report for parents
- Authors:
- McSHERRY Dominic, et al
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Summarises findings from a research study called Care Pathways and Outcomes. The aim of the study was to find out what happened to children under five who were in care in Northern Ireland on 31 March 2000. The report looks at the experiences of children in foster care, children who were adopted, and children who went home to their birth parents and sets out parents' views on how these children were getting on. Part One contains figures regarding the children's placements while part Two contains information gathered through interviews with parents. There were 374 children who were under 5 years of age and in care in Northern Ireland on the 31 March 2000. The report considers key aspects of their care pathways, focusing on: involvement in care planning; relationships with social workers; helping children settle into the placement; developing good child-parent relationships; contact; school and friendships; type of support provided; and children's strengths and difficulties. (Edited publisher abstract)
The care pathways and outcomes study: the children's perspective: summary report
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Provides a summary of findings from the research study Care Pathways and Outcomes, which followed all the children under five who were in care in Northern Ireland on 31 March 2000. The study aimed to find out what type of placements they ended up living in, and how they were doing in their placements. This report is divided into three sections: Part One contains figures regarding the children's placements; Part Two contains information gathered through interviews with the children and their parents or carers; and Part Three provides a description on how the study was conducted. The findings suggest that adoption has now become a common placement for young children in care in Northern Ireland. However, where children lived made a difference to whether they were adopted, remained in foster or kinship care, or returned to live with their birth parents. Drawing on the findings from interviews with children, parents and carers, this study examines children's attachments to their parents/carers and peers; their sense of belonging to a family or families; parents/carers' views on children settling in; children's self-esteem and happiness; children's behaviour; children's education; parent/carer stress; contact with birth families; family communication; social services' involvement; and social support. (Edited publisher abstract)
At home in care: children living with birth parents on a care order
- Authors:
- MALET Montserrat Fargas, et al
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 83
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Reports on a study to examine the experiences of birth parents and young people who returned from foster, residential or kinship care to live with their birth families while remaining subject of a Care Order in Northern Ireland. The study examined: the care histories of a sample of children/young people; the reasons for them being taken into care, returning home, and the Care Order being discharged; the level of social services support and assistance provided; and the outcomes for these children/young people and their families. Following a review of the literature, the findings are presented in two sections: the case file review analysis; and the qualitative analysis of the interviews with the children/young people and their birth parents. The research found a total of were 193 children/young people were living with their birth parents on a Care Order in Northern Ireland (eight per cent of the total population of Looked After children in Northern Ireland) on 31 March 2009. Although the young people had experienced very different care careers, the majority had come from families with histories of alcohol abuse, domestic violence and mental health problems. Young people often felt they were not properly informed when they were placed into care, moved placements and/or returned home. Recommendations include: taking a firmer approach with birth parents who have a history of alcohol and drug abuse, as it was found the majority of family reunification breakdowns were related to parental alcohol abuse; better training for social workers in supporting and informing young people; and for HSC Trusts should consider replacing long Care Orders with Supervision Order to better support the families. The findings will help policy-makers and practitioners have a better understanding of this group of young people and their families, and the issues involved in working with them (Edited publisher abstract)
Counting the costs: the Children (Northern Ireland) Order (1995), social work and the courts
- Authors:
- McSHERRY Dominic, IWANIEC Dorota, LARKIN Emma
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 114p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The focus of this research in Northern Ireland was the "cost to children" of using the courts to resolve issues about the care of children between social services and families. It explored indirect costs (including the hours that social workers commit to court work, taking them away from child and family support services, and estimates of the costs of legal advice) and direct costs (including the impact of the legal process on the child or young person's life, particularly the impact on achieving a permanent placement with birth or substitute parents). The report describes the study context, methodology and results, and includes analysis of case file data, case studies and reports on interviews with professional groups. It also makes recommendations for improving the current system, covering review of social work staffing arrangements and time spent on court work, greater use of consolidated proceedings, proactive recruiting of concurrent carers, short-term placements, focus on neglect, use of home placements, training in family law, statements from parents, redirection of social work resources, and alternative avenues to resolving disputes.
An evaluation of the case management review process in Northern Ireland and a scoping exercise of adverse incident reporting and alternative investigative systems
- Authors:
- LAZENBATT Anne, DEVANEY John, BUNTING Lisa
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 70p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This study considers the case management review (CMR) processes in Northern Ireland. Case management reviews investigate the learning to be gained from reflecting upon child deaths or serious adverse incidents involving child abuse or neglect. These are known as serious case reviews (SCRs) in England and Wales. The literature review highlights the key adverse incident systems and processes in operation both nationally and internationally and their respective advantages and disadvantages. It presents an overview of theoretical models such as root cause analysis and systems theory, and how these might be applied to new case management review processes. The evaluation uses the Delphi technique (a group process used to survey and collect the opinions of experts) to collate the views of those directly involved in the CMR process and other professionals with specialist knowledge. The document discusses: responsibilities for the CMR process; the process of CMRs; the criteria for CMRs; CMR panels; the agency contribution to the CMR process; involvement of the family in the CMR process; involvement of professionals in the CMR process; and learning the lessons from the CMR. The main strengths and weaknesses of the CMR process are identified and the key themes are presented with recommendations for an improved process.
ABACUS: "is it Saturday?": a play and recreational programme for children and young people with moderate learning difficulties
- Authors:
- KILPATRICK Rosemary, MCCLINTON Janet
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 44p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The development and evaluation of a recreational programme for children with moderate learning difficulties.
The youth development study (2002): the high risk booster sample: a report on a group of young people at a high risk of substance abuse
- Authors:
- MCCRYSTAL Patrick, et al
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Institute of Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 28p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The aim of the study is to investigate the risk and protective factors associated with adolescent drug use. In addition the study has a number of key objectives: the comprehensive mapping of drug use among young people and how this may change over time; the examination of the psychological and social processes that shape drug use pathways of young people; the development of guidance from empirical research to assist the design and development of effective prevention programmes that seek to reduce the harm associated with drug use; the examination of risk and resilience amongst high-risk groups. The youth development study (YDS) is a longitudinal survey of adolescent development focusing on the onset and desistance of adolescent drug use. The YDS is comprised of a number of distinct but overlapping samples. The core sample of approximately 4,500 young people who entered post primary education in Autumn 2000, a booster sample of children outside mainstream education and a number of supplementary samples.