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The Mission Mentoring Programme: an initiative for council employees to become mentors to looked after children
- Authors:
- COSMA Pandelitsa, SONI Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 44(4), 2020, pp.397-412.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The Mission Mentoring Programme is an innovative scheme that supports council employees to become mentors for looked after children. It was first piloted in 2015, proved successful with rewarding outcomes and has continued to grow and attract interest. This article presents a case study of a young man who participated in the programme and found it helpful for his transition to adulthood and intended employment. It summarises his views and experiences along with those of his mentor and the virtual school headteacher who established the programme. The article begins with a review of the literature on mentoring interventions and sets the background to the programme. Key themes identified highlight the importance of the matching process between mentor and mentee, potential ways of developing the corporate parenting role, destigmatising the care experience and improving children's life chances. The article concludes with a discussion of the programme's potential contribution to welfare services and ways in which it might develop. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting and training foster carers to promote health and well-being
- Author:
- NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Identifies the importance of trained and supported foster carers for the present and future health and well-being of looked after children and young people. The paper provides examples of how Healthy Care Partnerships can support foster carers to promote health and well-being and offers signposts to resources and other information.
Bridges, barriers and boundaries
- Author:
- McHELEN Robin Passariello
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 85(2), March 2006, pp.407-438.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
The author describes a training curriculum which aims to be a useful resource for child welfare service providers to increase their understanding of the issues facing LGBTQ youth in care and enhance their capacity to better serve them. The article includes the training programme in full.
Goodbye Mr Chips?
- Author:
- JERROM Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.5.01, 2001, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Making sure children eat a nutritious and varied diet is difficult, especially if the child in question is in care. Reports on why nutrition is an issue that social services needs to get its teeth into.
Pick up the pieces
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.9.94, 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Care leavers suffer from a severe lack of training and job opportunities are few and far between. Finds out what training and employment opportunities are available for them.
Barnardo's tackle confusion about 'difficult' children
- Author:
- HARWOOD Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 108, July 1994, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Barnardo's tackle confusion about 'difficult' children.
Social workers and children in care: some implications of research for training
- Author:
- PARSLOE Phyllida
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School of Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 40p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report of a working party set up to examine the reasons why research into child care is not more readily accessible; to tease out key findings about major themes emerging from reports and the implications for methods of teaching; and to look at collaboration between agencies. Does not include summaries of reports, but lists research studied.
National corporate parenting training programme: evaluation
- Authors:
- GRANVILLE Sue, MULHOLLAND Shona, WHY RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Since 2010, the Scottish Government has been funding Who Cares? Scotland, to develop and deliver a National Corporate Parenting training progrramme. The aim of the programme is to raise awareness among corporate parents about their responsibilities, so that they can improve the support they give to young people in and leaving care. The training programme was due to complete in March 2013 and there is the potential for a second phase. The Scottish Government commissioned Why Research to undertake an independent evaluation of the impact of the training programme. Qualitative and quantitative research was conducted among participants. The research was carried out between December 2012 and February 2013. This summary of the research findings finds that among positive impacts has been the sharing of information, higher levels of advocacy and support for looked after children, and involvement of community partners. Most of the qualitative respondents viewed Who Cares? Scotland positively in terms of the content of the training, the way training is delivered and the presenters. The organisation is perceived to offer a number of key advantages including being able to offer a national and local perspective, providing details of good practice and provision of materials. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children's views on restraint: reported by the Children's Rights Director for England
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DIRECTOR FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This report updates a 2004 report on the views and concerns of children and young people in care or living away from home on the subject of physical restraint. The 2004 report revealed that children and young people support the need for its occasional use, but want it to be used properly and proportionately. This report gives the views of a total of 94 children and young people in 2012. These views were collected at a big consultation event held in the north of England using 9 discussion groups and also using electronic screens on which children could enter their views. In addition, a discussion group was held by a local authority. The issues considered include: when physical restraint should be used; how serious damage to property need to be to justify restraint; whether restraint should ever hurt; how staff can calm a child before needing to use restraint; how restraint or viewing restraint make a child feel; what types of restraint shouldn’t be allowed; and whether some groups of children should never be restrained.
Mindful care: the pilot of a new mental health service for young people who are looked after way from home in Moray
- Authors:
- MAKINSON Jenny, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 8(2), October 2009, pp.18-25.
- Publisher:
- Department of Social Work. University of Strathclyde.
Mindful Care is a joint initiative between the Action for Children residential care service in Moray and the associated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team, aiming to provide better mental health services for looked after children. The project consisted of 3 parts. Phase 1 was a 2 day training package provided to Action for Children residential staff, with training outcomes measured by questionnaire immediately before, immediately after, and 3 months following the training. Phase 2 was the introduction of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) into a new protocol used by AFC staff. The questionnaire was completed by a number of people (the referring social worker, key worker, the young person, and jointly at the in-house residential meeting) at set times and as required to address specific concerns. Phase 3 was a new consultation service specifically for AFC staff. The initial evaluation of the project concludes that the training increased levels of perceived knowledge and confidence in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the children and young people in their care. The introduction of the SDQ and the consultation service were experienced as positive joint service developments which also suggested improvements particularly in the area of better inter-agency working.