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A forward look at research on the child in care
- Author:
- PARKER R.A
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School of Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 60p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Understanding permanence for looked after children: a review of research for the Care Inquiry
- Author:
- BODDY Janet
- Publisher:
- University of Sussex. School of Education and Social Work
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
For many years, government policy has highlighted the importance for children of ‘a sense of security, continuity, commitment and identity’ through childhood and beyond. But how can we ensure this sense of permanence and belonging for all children who become looked after? This reviews research relevant to understanding permanence for children who are ‘looked after’ under the auspices of the Children Act 1989. It aims to inform the objectives of the Care Inquiry, a collaboration between eight specialist charities which was established in 2012 to investigate how best to provide stable and permanent homes for children in England who cannot live with their birth parents (whether temporarily or permanently). It highlights the diversity of children who become looked after: their characteristics on entry, their needs, and their pathways through the system. Despite this diversity, research consistently shows the importance for children and young people of achieving a sense of permanence – whilst in care, and on into adult life. (Edited publisher abstract)
Future arrangements for the statutory notifications previously sent to the Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular updates the arrangements for local authorities to provide statutory notifications of incidents affecting children.
Home truths
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.3.07, 2007, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After a 3-year career in managing children's homes, a practitioner talks to the author about how care has improved.
Extraordinary lives: creating a positive future for looked after children and young people in Scotland
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 127p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A review for everyone who is concerned with looked after children and their families, which aims to demonstrate what good care for children and young people who are looked after by local authorities looks like, to identify good practice and to recommend in what ways care can be further improved. The review has six key messages: 1) looked after children can overcome adversity in childhood and lead successful adult lives, 2) too many adults have low expectations of what looked after children can achieve, 3) relationships with skilled adults can help looked after children and young people develop successfully, 4) children and young people looked after away from home need stability and the chance to put down roots, 5) tackling the disadvantage and discrimination still experienced by many looked after children requires planning at every level in a local authority and between them and their partners in delivering children’s services, 6)developing an understanding of what children and young people think about services intended to help them supports effective engagement and long-term service planning.
Designing with care: interior design and residential child care: final report
- Authors:
- DOCHERTY Catherine, et al
- Publisher:
- Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study examined the attitudes to a range of design interventions in four residential care homes for children in South Lanarkshire. The project set out to identify the benefits and disadvantages to young people and staff of a change in approach to the design of interior spaces.
What we really think
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 9.2.05, 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
While looked-after children should be consulted on life in care, some feel their views are not being heard. Describes the projects that are listening.