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Children in families at risk: local area maps
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
Local area maps illustrating projected percentages of children living in households in England where an adult has any of the 'toxic trio' factors present, which are: alcohol or substance misuse; domestic abuse; and mental health problems. These factors have been shown to put children at greater risk of immediate harm as well as having a detrimental impact on their later life outcomes. The maps cover both local authority areas and Parliamentary constituency areas. These figures are not actual data collected from each local area, but are projections from a national survey combined with additional predictive modelling. (Edited publisher abstract)
Specialist substance misuse treatment for young people in England 2013-14
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistics on specialist substance misuse treatment for young people in England during 2013 to 2014. The data show how the specialist substance misuse services in England continue to respond to the needs of young people who have alcohol and drug problems. These services intervene to help young people overcome their substance misuse problems and prevent them from becoming problematic users in adulthood. Figures from the report reveal that: 19,126 young people received help for alcohol or drug problems; 71 per cent had cannabis as their main problem drug; and 79 per cent of young people left services having successfully completed their treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Drivers of activity in children's social care: research report
- Authors:
- FITZSIMONS Peter, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 86
- Place of publication:
- London
This report outlines changes in children's social care activity (the work done by children's social care organisations) since 2013. It outlines explanations for changes in activity, highlights children's journeys in social care, and quantifies the association of social care activity with specific factors including family income and local authority of residence. This report finds that whilst there were increases in all forms of children's social care activity between 2013 and 2018 (except adoptions), they have all plateaued or decreased since 2018, except looked-after children and Section 17 children in need assessments. The rise in activity between 2013 and 2018 was greatest for investigations: Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and Section 17 assessments, and numbers of child protection plans. Rises in looked-after children rates and numbers since 2016 reflect a 12% fall in children leaving care, as numbers entering care have also fallen. This is driven by fewer children returning home to their families and fewer children leaving care before the age of 18. The increasing age of looked-after children appears to be caused by children being looked after for longer, rather than causing children to be looked after for longer. For children under the age of 13, domestic violence with a parent/carer subject is the most common factor identified at the end of assessment, with 45% of all assessments of children aged 1 citing this as a factor. For adolescents, children's mental health is the most common factor. After the age of 12 years old there is a sharp growth in the percentage of assessments which identify child alcohol and drug misuse, child sexual exploitation, trafficking, gangs, missing children, socially unacceptable behaviour and self harm. Children who are more likely to receive a social care intervention than other children, after controlling for other differences, have lower family income, live in more deprived areas, are older, and are of Mixed Black/White Caribbean or Black Other ethnicity. However, children of Asian ethnicity are less likely to receive an intervention. (Edited publisher abstract)
Estimating the prevalence of the 'toxic trio' of family issues for each local area in England: vulnerability technical report 2
- Author:
- CLARKE Tom
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- London
Technical paper setting out the methodology used by the Children’s Commissioner’s Office to produce its estimated local area prevalence rates of children in households experiencing combinations of the ‘toxic trio’ risk factors. These are households where a parent has experienced combinations of: domestic violence, mental health problems and substance misuse. The modelling presented aims to estimate the prevalence of these issues within each English upper tier local authority and parliamentary constituency. It is one of three technical reports produced as part of the 2019 Vulnerability Report. (Edited publisher abstract)
Estimating the prevalence of the 'toxic trio': evidence from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: vulnerability technical report 2
- Author:
- CHOWDRY Haroon
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
Quantitative analysis on the potential numbers of children in England living in households where the ‘toxic trio’ of factors affecting adults may be present. The ‘toxic trio’ is the interaction of domestic violence and abuse, parental substance misuse and parental mental health issues. The analysis is based on the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS), a sample of around 7,500 adults in living in private households in England . The report summarises the approach used and provides prevalence figures for the three issues, and their co-occurance, for children in England. The report estimates that 100,000 children in England (0.9 percent of all children in England) are in a household where a randomly-selected adult faces all three ‘toxic trio’ issues to a severe extent, while 420,000 children (3.6 percent of all children in England) are in a household where a randomly-selected adult faces all three ‘toxic trio’ issues to a moderate/severe extent. It is one of four technical reports supporting the wider Children’s Commissioner’s programme into quantifying the scale of vulnerability faced by young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and wellbeing in England: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014
- Authors:
- McMANUS S., et al
- Publisher:
- NHS Digital
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 405
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The fourth survey of the mental health of adults living in private households in England, which are carried out every seven years using a large representative sample of 7,500 people, including those who do not access services. The report presents estimates on prevalence and trends in mental health conditions and contains information on age, sex, ethnicity, employment and benefit status, region, household composition, and the level and nature of mental health treatment and service use. Chapters cover common mental health disorders, mental health treatment and service users, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, personality disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, alcohol dependence, drug use and dependence, suicide attempts and self-harm, and comorbidity in mental and physical illness. Trends identified include: an increase in the numbers of women with common mental health disorders, with numbers in men remaining largely stable; young women emerging as a high-risk group, with high rates of common mental health disorders and self-harm. Most mental disorders were also more common in people living alone, people with poor physical health, and the unemployed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Young adults today: key data on 16-25 year olds: transitions, disadvantage and crime
- Authors:
- DEVITT Kerry, KNIGHTON Lucy, LOWE Kevin
- Publisher:
- Young People in Focus
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 90p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Young Adults Today forms part of the initiative Transition to Adulthood (T2A). Established by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, this aims to stimulate new thinking about how society meets the needs of young adults, in particular those who find themselves in conflict with the law. This volume collects together key data and statistics about this age group to provide a cornerstone on which policy can be developed. It covers; population and social trends, ethnic minorities, housing and marriages; vulnerable young adults, homelessness and leaving care; physical health, obesity, physical activity, smoking, alcohol and drug use; mental health and wellbeing, suicide and eating disorders; education, training and unemployment; crime and justice, antisocial behaviour, convictions, punishment and victims; and lifestyles and social participation, use of the internet, volunteering and voting. The data show that young people are staying in education or training longer and are more likely than recent generations to be financially dependent and therefore living at home. They are delaying marriage and having children until their late twenties or thirties. However the picture is somewhat different for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This group often leaves home earlier, starts a family sooner and experiences high levels of unemployment.