Reports on how disabled children in care are still missing out on the support they are entitled to, and many are not consulted about the views and wishes.
Reports on how disabled children in care are still missing out on the support they are entitled to, and many are not consulted about the views and wishes.
Subject terms:
looked after children, physical disabilities, residential child care, user participation, user views, children, childrens rights;
Reports on new research from the Norah Fry Centre, 'Making a difference', which highlights the key role of multi-agency working in addressing the complex healthcare needs of disabled children. In the study a total of 115 professionals, 25 families, and 18 children or young people were interviewed.
Reports on new research from the Norah Fry Centre, 'Making a difference', which highlights the key role of multi-agency working in addressing the complex healthcare needs of disabled children. In the study a total of 115 professionals, 25 families, and 18 children or young people were interviewed.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, multidisciplinary services, multiple disabilities, physical disabilities, social services, user views, children, education;
Carers look after family, friends or partners in help because they are ill, frail or have a disability. The care they provide is unpaid. In any year 301,000 adults in the UK become carers. Three out of five carers have had to give up work to care. Almost all of us have been or will be a carer during our lifetime.
Carers look after family, friends or partners in help because they are ill, frail or have a disability. The care they provide is unpaid. In any year 301,000 adults in the UK become carers. Three out of five carers have had to give up work to care. Almost all of us have been or will be a carer during our lifetime.
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informal care, long term conditions, physical disabilities, social welfare law, statistical methods, carers, children, families;
Looks at how agencies and councils are trying to improve care for ethnic minority families with disabled children by developing culturally appropriate services.
Looks at how agencies and councils are trying to improve care for ethnic minority families with disabled children by developing culturally appropriate services.
Subject terms:
local authorities, multicultural approach, physical disabilities, refugees, social services, social care provision, black and minority ethnic people, children, families;
Amid the widespread concern about this country's high rate of teenage pregnancies, the work carried out by practitioners to improve the parenting skills of teenage parents is often overlooked. Here, the author talks to a social worker about a young woman learning to accept her new responsibilities.
Amid the widespread concern about this country's high rate of teenage pregnancies, the work carried out by practitioners to improve the parenting skills of teenage parents is often overlooked. Here, the author talks to a social worker about a young woman learning to accept her new responsibilities.
Subject terms:
mothers, parental attitudes, parental skills training, physical disabilities, risk, single parent families, teenage parents, teenage pregnancy, young offenders, young people, child protection, children, drug misuse;
How a social worker approached a case involving a mother with parenting problems and her twin teenage daughters, one of whom is profoundly disabled while the other exhibits very challenging behaviour.
How a social worker approached a case involving a mother with parenting problems and her twin teenage daughters, one of whom is profoundly disabled while the other exhibits very challenging behaviour.
Subject terms:
mothers, physical disabilities, professional registration, residential care, risk, social workers, vulnerable children, assessment, challenging behaviour, child neglect, child protection, children, families;
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mothers, needs, parental role, parents, parents with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, risk, social work, social workers, child development, children, decision making, families;
Looks at the dilemma posed by a teenager with Asperger syndrome who needs a specialist residential placement but whose behaviour means he could be dangerous to himself or other children if he is placed in the wrong setting.
Looks at the dilemma posed by a teenager with Asperger syndrome who needs a specialist residential placement but whose behaviour means he could be dangerous to himself or other children if he is placed in the wrong setting.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, placement, residential care, risk, schools, special education, young people, Aspergers syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, child care, communication disorders, children, education;