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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)
Out of authority placements: checklist of information to be obtained
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Support Force for Children's Residential Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Checklist based on good practice examples from a range of SSDs. Should be used in conjunction with 'Arrangements for placement of children (general) regulations 1991' and LAC(93)16 'Provision of accommodation and maintenance for children looked after'.
Training of residential child and youth care staff: international experts' seminar, Hadassah Neurim, Israel
- Authors:
- AMIR Eli, LANE David C
- Publisher:
- Youth Aliyah/International Federation of Educative Communities
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 155p.
- Place of publication:
- Neurim
Papers from an international seminar on training people who work with children and young people in residential care. Issues discussed include: professionalism; the effects and limits of care; skills, knowledge, attitudes and values needed for work with children in residential care; and training policies.
Children of Ceausescu
- Author:
- MARCOVITCH Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 21.5.92, 1992, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Few children in institutions in Romania are actually true orphans. Many have close relatives, including parents, still alive.
Routine matters
- Author:
- FOSTER C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 11.5.89, 1989, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Indicates that for children in care otherwise seemingly unimportant routine daily events all have a role to play in adding to the child's sense of security, and social workers should pay more attention to these routines.
What types of needs do children's homes offer care for?
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This report is based on data from children's homes' statements of purpose and aims to categorise children's homes, by describing the services that they offer and the needs that they say they are aiming to meet, beyond the categories of registration recorded with Ofsted. The report examines: the variation in the types of needs different homes said they could accommodate; the degree to which the homes are generalist or specialist; what the term specialist actually means in the context of children's homes. The data shows that children's homes were not evenly distributed across the regions of England, and there were no close relationships between the children's needs, where the homes were situated and what needs those homes met; there was no link between the types of needs that homes said they could accommodate and their Ofsted inspection grades; the children who lived furthest from their home before coming into care were those in homes that stated they could accommodate children with mental health problems (44 miles), and those in homes that offered support for children who had experienced abuse and neglect (42 miles); children living in homes that stated they could accommodate complex health needs, sensory impairment and physical disabilities generally lived closer to their home prior to coming into care (an average of 26, 23, and 21 miles respectively, compared with 36 miles for all children); a very high proportion of children living in children's homes had special educational needs (80%) compared with all children looked after (52%) and all children (around 15%); the majority of homes (four fifths) said they could accommodate 2 or more areas of need, with just under one fifth saying they could accommodate only one area; providers that stated they could accommodate children with complex needs were the most common (93%), while sensory impairment (4%) and complex health needs (5%) were the least common; a large majority of the homes that stated they could accommodate children with mental health problems were owned by the private sector (90%); the percentage of homes run by local authorities or voluntary services that could accommodate the 3 least common areas of need (physical disabilities, complex health needs and sensory impairment) was higher than the percentage they ran of all homes; half (3 in 6) of all single-gender homes for girls stated that they could accommodate children who had experienced sexual exploitation, while only around 1 in 6 single gender homes for boys stated they could accommodate children who had experienced sexual exploitation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding residential care for children in care in England: analysis of administrative data
- Authors:
- SCHOENWALD Eva, et al
- Publisher:
- What Works for Children's Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 67
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides descriptive analysis of the experiences of children who have had a placement in a residential children's home subject to children's homes regulations using national administrative data. The analysis used individual-level, national data from the Children Looked After Dataset (SSDA903, CLA dataset), linked with extracts of the National Pupil Database (NPD) between 1998/99 and 2019/20. The analysis found that the demographics, care journeys and outcomes of children who have lived in residential care differ, on average, compared to those of all children in care. The analysis also highlights that children living in residential care are not a homogeneous group and enter care at different stages of their lives or for different reasons. Despite on average entering care later than the population of all children in care, children who have lived in residential care spend longer and experience more placement moves during their care journey. The findings speak to the notion of residential care as a 'last resort' used after foster care and kinship care placements break down. Furthermore, it appears that once children are placed in residential care, they move between different residential placements or unsupervised accommodation, such as unregulated children's homes or independent living. Outcomes for children who have lived in residential care tend to be relatively poor compared to average outcomes for children in care. Our research is not causal, which means that it does not tell us why outcomes tend to be poorer and it does not suggest that this is a consequence of residential care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Predictors of psychosocial adjustment in adolescents in residential care: a systematic review
- Authors:
- COSTA Monica, MOTA Catarina P., MATOS Paula M.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 28(1), 2022, pp.52-81.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Adolescents in residential care have an increased risk of developing psychosocial problems, however, not all adolescents are equally vulnerable. This study aims to provide a review and methodological evaluation of current studies, which focus on protective and risk factors associated with the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents in residential care. Relevant literature was searched in five databases and the researchers identified 25 publications, which met the inclusion criteria. Information regarding direct/indirect risk and protective factors was organized at the individual, social and contextual levels for different outcomes. The results showed that risk and protective factors, were mainly social and contextual factors. Moreover, very few individual factors were found to be related to psychosocial adjustment. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze each study and showed that some data was poorly or inconsistently reported. This review showed that research on risk and protective factors related to adolescents living in residential care is still limited. Therefore, longitudinal studies with high-quality design and power are needed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Audit of Looked After Children (LAC) in residential care and BMI increase in one UK local authority
- Authors:
- BAILEY Ella, TEH Corina, PEET Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 45(3), 2021, pp.339-347.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The rise of obesity among the UK’s child population has become a serious public health issue. Looked after children (LAC) have been highlighted as a vulnerable group, with increased health needs compared to other children and young people from comparable socio-economic backgrounds. Among the risks of serious complications related to obesity in children and young adults are cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, lipid abnormalities, sleep apnoea and musculoskeletal disorders. This health note summarises findings from a recent cross-sectional study of 14 children in five residential care homes in one UK local authority. (Edited publisher abstract)
Responding to orphanage trafficking from an information gathering perspective
- Authors:
- BRUBACHER Sonja P., DOORE Kathryn E. van, POWELL Martine
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 120, 2021, p.105222.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Estimates suggest that close to 3 million institutionalized children internationally have some family to whom they could go home. A proportion of these children is recruited from their communities under false pretenses and has false documentation that describes them as legal orphans. The orphanages where they live exploit them on the basis of their orphanhood. These children are known as paper orphans. The aim of the current article is to provide a profile of their origins and networks based on current available evidence, from an investigative interviewing perspective. Increased discussion and research of this problem will assist in supporting efforts towards reunification of children with families, investigations by law enforcement into orphanages, and successful prosecution of orphanage trafficking. The article provides an overview of the orphanage trafficking context, followed by a comparison of orphanage trafficking victims with other child trafficking victims from the perspective of investigative needs. Investigative needs are outlined with respect to two primary groups who would interview paper orphans and other involved parties (e.g., birth parents, orphanage staff)–law enforcement and reunification officers. In the final section of the article, we encourage further research on orphanage trafficking and provide initial guidance for interviewing in this unique context. This paper serves as a step to raise further awareness of paper orphans, orphanage trafficking, and the specific characteristics of their cases that affect research and planning into how to identify and interview them and others involved. (Edited publisher abstract)