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From expectations to experiences: revisiting the views of the voluntary sector on the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
- Author:
- MILLEN Dianne
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the results of consultations with voluntary organisations and local government authorities in Scotland. The report aims to establish what priorities voluntary organisations have in relation to he implementation of the Act, and what new responsibilities are acquired by the result of the Act.
Over to you: guide to good practice in implementing the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 55p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Explains the implications of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 for voluntary organisations. Gives case studies of projects that have put the act's provisions into practice and describes voluntary organisations' potential role in service planning; promoting user participation; services to disabled children; and fund raising.
Personal touch
- Author:
- BAIRD Sheena
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.3.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Extending self-determination to people with learning difficulties is not very easy. Discovers some innovative solutions and parallels between pilot projects in Canada and Grampian.
Child welfare policy and practice: issues and lessons emerging from current research
- Editors:
- IWANIEC Dorota, HILL Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 304p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the implications of recent research for all those concerned with child welfare and social work. Addresses topical issues as expressed by central government bodies and enquiries regarding services and policies relating to children in need of care and protection. Includes papers on: issues emerging from child care research post Children Act 1989; the legal and policy contexts for children's services in Scotland and Northern Ireland; the involvement of voluntary organisations in the first Scottish children's services plans; operationalising the definition of children in need from UK child care legislation; understanding and developing family support in Northern Ireland; the transition to adulthood of disabled young people in Northern Ireland; an evaluation of the Scottish pilot of the looking after children records system; educating looked after children; social work conceptions regarding black children in Scotland; the outcomes of a twenty year follow up of children who failed to thrive; communication between child and adult and the implications for use of the live link with child witnesses; and law, policy, practice and research in child and family social work.
Glasgow City Council's draft plan for children's services
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 66, October 1997, pp.17-20.
This article presents extracts from Glasgow City Council's recently published Preliminary Draft Children's Services Plan.
Children (Scotland) Act 1995: information pack
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 12 sheets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Contains 12 fact sheets on the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Covers: childrens rights; parental responsibilities and rights and court orders; parental responsibilities orders; children's services plans; co-operation between agencies; information; children in need; children looked after, accommodation and after care; children's hearings, child protection and exclusion orders; children with and affected by disabilities; adoption; and day care for pre-school and other children.