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Effectiveness of services for sexually abused children and young people. Report 3: perspectives of service users with learning difficulties or experience of care
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN Anita, BRADLEY Louise, BRADY Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
This research, undertaken by researchers from Coventry University, explores the views and experiences of young people with learning difficulties or experience of being in care who had accessed specialist services responding to child sexual abuse (CSA). It aimed to identify the key elements of CSA services’ practice that help the recovery for children and young people who are or have been in care and/ or have learning difficulties; challenges to achieving success; and the outcomes considered most important by both groups of young people. A total of 10 young people with learning difficulties and a further 10 young people with experience of being in care who had accessed CSA support services were interviewed. In interviews, the young people were able to describe which elements of practice had been helpful, provide their perspective on successful outcomes, and suggest improvements to services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social services statistics Wales: 2007-08
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT DATA UNIT WALES
- Publisher:
- Local Government Data Unit Wales
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 106p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This publication is based on information collected by local authority social services departments in Wales and provided to the Local Government Data Unit - Wales (Data Unit). All information is based on the financial year 2007-08 unless otherwise stated.
The mental health of young people looked after by local authorities in Wales: the report of a survey in 2002/2003 by the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the Welsh Assemby Government
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 164p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings of a survey of the mental health of young people, aged 5-17, looked after by local authorities in Wales. The first part of the report focuses on the prevalence rates of mental disorders among young people looked after by local authorities. The second part shows a range of information including their background, personal and familial characteristics, physical health, use of services and social functioning.
Young disabled people and the new arrangements for leaving care in England and Wales
- Authors:
- PRIESTLEY Mark, RABIEE Parvaneh, HARRIS Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 25(11), December 2003, pp.863-890.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Using examples from a qualitative research project carried out a the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds in partnership with First Key (the UK National Leaving Care Advisory Service) involving young disabled people in an English local authority, this article argues that key issues such as family involvement, friendship, accommodation, education and employment, information, sexuality and parenting, health, independent living skills and transitional support all carry additional significance for young disabled people. Critically reviews new legislative arrangements for care leavers in England and Wales which came into force in 2001. Concludes with recommendations on support for young disabled people leaving care under the new arrangements.
Research on the number of children in Wales placed into care from parents with learning disability and the reasons behind their removal
- Authors:
- BIRCH Katy, et al
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 61
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This study, carried out by the Institute of Public Care at the University of Oxford, examines the extent to which parents with a learning disability in Wales are involved with Children’s Social Care Services and the factors driving their involvement. The research includes a rapid research and practice review, an analysis of All Wales data and interviews with parents and professional stakeholders in five local authority areas across Wales. The research found insufficient reliable information to say whether parents with a learning disability in Wales are over-represented within Children’s Social Care Services. Learning disability was rarely the only reason for parents being referred to Children’s Social Care Services. Other common risk factors included parental substance misuse, domestic abuse, parental mental health problems, poor home conditions, or parental vulnerability to abusive adults in the community. It identifies some examples of good practice in providing support to parents with learning disability and areas for improvement. The report makes seven recommendations for the development of practice. These include: developing national guidance and mandatory training for social workers; developing effective protocols between Adults and Children’s Social Care Services to improve joint working; and the promotion of more consistent provision of support for adults with learning disability. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social services statistics Wales 2012-13
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 73
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
An annual report collating the social services statistical returns from local authorities in Wales. The report includes information on children, adults receiving services, people with physical, sensory of a learning disability, mental health services and staff directly employed by local authority social services departments. (Edited publisher abstract)
I'll go first: the planning and review toolkit for use with children with disabilities
- Author:
- KIRKBRIDE Lucy
- Publisher:
- Children's Society
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This pack aims to provide social workers, teachers and other professionals with the means to enable children with disabilities to communicate their views. It contains a variety of wipe-clean boards, with illustrations and simple sentences, on which those views are recorded using stickers and pens. The boards are photocopied to provide a permanent record. The pack is designed for use with children in short term foster care, family-based short term care, in a residential children's centre or with a statement of special educational needs. Detailed advice on using the materials in different situations is supplied.
Signposts in fostering: policy, practice and research issues
- Editor:
- HILL Malcolm
- Publisher:
- British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 380p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together seminal papers, previously published in the journal Adoption and Fostering, contributing to the shaping of fostering practice. Includes articles on: local authority fostering in Wales; a comparative survey of specialist fostering; developing leaving care services; recruiting and retaining foster carers; gender, sex and sexuality in the assessment of prospective carers; assessing Asian families in Scotland; involving birth parents in foster care training; using respite care to prevent long term family breakdown; short term family based care for children in need; short term foster care; meeting the needs of sibling groups in care; fostering as seen by the carers children; fostering children and young people with learning difficulties; the importance of networks to partnership in child centred foster care; how foster carers view contact; the role of social workers in supporting and developing the needs of foster carers; the social worker's experience of contact; social work and the education of children in foster care; the health of children looked after by the local authority; the statutory medical and health needs of looked after children; how foster parents experience social work with particular reference to placement endings; foster carers who cease to foster; the implications of recent child care research findings for foster care; and the foster child - the forgotten party.