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What does “looked after” mean? information for host families on overnight stays
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This leaflet is designed to give people a little background information on what it’s like to be looked after away from home and also contact information which might be helpful to host families.
An integrated approach to improving educational outcomes for looked after children in Wales
- Author:
- MACDONALD Alasdair
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government, Improving Outcomes for Children Advisory Group
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Findings of a scoping exercise focused on developing an integrated approach to improving educational outcomes for Looked after Children (LAC). In particular, the report looks at integrated local authority approaches in Wales and the role of Virtual School Headteachers (VSH), which are statutory in England and currently being developed in some parts of Scotland. Current practice in England, Scotland and Europe is also highlighted. The report sets out recommendations covering five main areas: the development of a Welsh Virtual School model; the level of resourcing required to enable an integrated approach that improves outcomes; the importance of high quality data; the implications for training; and the need to broaden measures of what constitutes educational outcomes for LAC. It calls on the Welsh Government to consider requiring all Local Authorities in Wales to appoint a Virtual School Head (VSH) and establish Virtual Schools, with access to the live data of all LAC in their LA , for the purpose of discharging the LAs’ duty to promote the educational achievement of its looked after children; to ensure all staff involved in working with LAs in schools should receive training in Trauma and Attachment informed practice; and to broaden the metrics used to measure outcomes for all pupils but specifically for LAC and in particular at age 16 and 18. (Edited publisher abstract)
The plan
- Author:
- INDEPENDENT CARE REVIEW
- Publisher:
- Independent Care Review
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report outlines the changes that are needed in the children’s care system in Scotland. It is one of six reports produced from the work of the Scottish Care Review, which examined of all aspects of the children’s care system in Scotland. The Review listened to the views of more than 5,500 people’s experiences, including children and young people with experience of the ‘care system’, adults who have lived in care and their families, and the unpaid and paid workforce. The Review found that the care system in Scotland is fractured, bureaucratic and doesn’t adequately value the voices and experiences of those in it. The report identifies five foundations for change: These focus on: listening to the voices of children and young people and involving them appropriately in decision-making about their care; supporting families and keeping families together when safe to do so; ensuring care experienced children do not miss out on a childhood and a future they deserve; support children and young people to build relationships with people in the workforce and the wider community, and providing a structure of support children, families and the workforce. It also includes over 80 specific changes to transform the Scottish care system (Edited publisher abstract)
Children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March 2013: England and Wales
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides statistics on children accommodated in secure children’s homes in England and Wales, on 31 March 2013. Includes information on places approved and children accommodated by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement. Key findings include: 291 approved places in England and Wales, a decrease of 3% from the previous year; and 206 children were accommodated in secure children’s homes in England and Wales (a fall of 14% from 2012), 187 in England and 19 in Wales. 71% of approved places in England and Wales were occupied, a 9% decrease from 2012. Males comprised 65% of the children within secure children’s homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March 2012: England and Wales
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A statistical release providing figures on children accommodated in secure children’s homes on 31 March 2012 for England and Wales. Tables include: numbers and percentages of children in secure children's homes broken down by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement; number of available places. Figures are also provided for England only.
Children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March 2011: England and Wales
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A statistical release providing figures on children accommodated in secure children’s homes on 31 March 2011 for England and Wales. Tables include: numbers and percentages of children in secure children's homes broken down by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement; number of available places. Figures are also provided for England only.
Looked-after children: further government response to the third report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, session 2008-09: fifth report of session 2010-2011
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Education Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In April 2009 the Children, Schools and Families Committee published its Third Report of Session 2008-2009, Looked-after Children. In December 2010 the Committee received oral evidence on the new coalition Government's policy on looked-after children, and it was agreed that a further, detailed response would be provided. That further response is included in this publication as an appendix. It sets out the new Government's response to the main recommendations in the Select Committee's report and what it has done since taking office, reflecting the new Government's approach. It states that improving the lives of children in care and strengthening the adoption system are priorities for the coalition Government, and that the Government strongly supports the Select Committee's view that "outcomes and experiences of young people in care who have been 'looked after' remain poor". It uses the term children in care to include all children being looked after by a local authority, including those subject to care orders and those being looked after on a voluntary basis in agreement with their parents.
Children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March 2009: England and Wales
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides figures and tables of data on children accommodated in secure children's homes in England and Wales. 290 children were accommodated in secure children's homes as at 31 March 2009, this represents a rise of 4% on the 2008 total.
Caring about success: young people’s stories
- Authors:
- SIEBELT Lindsay, MORRISON Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Who Cares? Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report describes what success means to the children and young people looked after away from home whom were consulted, and what they aspire to in the future. It also explores what they see as barriers to being successful and what supports they find helpful. The findings are in keeping with day-to-day experience working with children and young people in care. The overall aims of the consultation were to identify how children and young people perceived, described and experienced success in the broadest terms, how they defined their own successes, here and now whilst living in care, and those of others they either knew directly or considered to be successful, what their expectations and experiences were of their achievements being encouraged, recognised and celebrated, who children and young people said helped them to succeed, what kinds of supports they found helpful, what they saw as barriers to success, including both the hurdles and their origins, how they visualized their future, and what would help children and young people to better succeed.
The looked after children (Scotland) regulations 2008: second consultation
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document accompanies the second draft of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2008. These regulations have been significantly restructured and redrafted following the original consultation which closed in March 2008. This document sets out actions taken in response to that consultation and explains the policy behind the revised draft of the regulations. Comments on all of the draft regulations are welcomed.