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Children looked after placements by English local authorities
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The data presented in this release are a snapshot in time of children looked after and their placements, and an historical view of this. It is intended as a broad insight into the types of placements in which children looked after live and where they are living. The release contains: information about the characteristics, including age, gender and ethnicity, of all children looked after on 31 March 2015; information about where all children looked after were living on 31 March 2015, including: how far from their placing local authority they were living, the type of placement, how long they had been there, and the inspection judgements of the providers of these placements; analysis of some contextual data, such as the levels of crime and deprivation in the areas in which these children were living; and information about the providers of children’s social care in relation to where the children looked after were placed, including the number of providers and places and their inspection judgements as at 31 March 2015. Key points include: minority ethnic children who are looked after are more likely than White children to live in secure units, young offenders institutions (YOIs), or in prison; one fifth of local authorities placed a small number of children in children’s homes judged inadequate at the time of placement; the majority of fostered children were placed within 10 miles of their local authority boundary; and White children were twice as likely to be placed in an area of lower levels of crime as Minority ethnic children - Minority ethnic children were more likely to be placed in an area with higher levels of crime. (Edited publisher abstract)
Including the excluded: high security hospital user perspectives on stigma, discrimination, and recovery
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Anna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 13(3), August 2011, pp.197-204.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper documents reflections on experiences of stigma and discrimination as described by predominantly black and ethnic minority (BME) service users in a high security hospital. BME service users are reported to have higher drop-out rates and poorer treatment outcomes in non-forensic therapy settings and are over-represented in forensic services. Research suggests that they frequently disengage because their views and feelings are poorly understood. Over a three-year period, 18 forensic patients at an English institution participated in a slow-open therapy group. Thematic analysis was applied to a sample records of group sessions, in which experiences of care, discrimination, hope, despair, and recovery were shared. Group members' reflections on detention, offending and illness were collected. Themes relating to isolation and distance, other barriers to recovery and strategies for coping “against the odds”, are illustrated via anonymised material from the sessions. The authors conclude that service users can, and do, share ideas about possibilities for surviving despite their past. Their comments shed light on barriers to engagement for this potentially marginalised population, and possibilities for improving the capacity of the clinical service to hear their voices on an issue of such importance to their potential for recovery.
Delivering justice
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2004, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at how the NHS mental health services will respond to the Bennet inquiry findings.
Survey of patients from an inner-London health authority in medium secure psychiatry care
- Authors:
- LELLIOTT Paul, AUDINI Bernard, DUFFETT Richard
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, January 2001, pp.62-66.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Under-provision by the National Health Service (NHS) has led to an increase in medium secure psychiatric beds managed by the independent sector. Black people are over-represented in medium secure care. This study describes those people from an inner-London health authority occupying all forms of medium secure provision, and compares those in NHS provision with those in the independent sector, and Black patients with White patients. The researchers concluded that the NHS meets only part of the need for medium secure care of the population of this London health authority. This comparison of the characteristics of Black and White patients does not help to explain why Black people are over-represented in medium secure settings.
Prospective study into factors associated with aggressive incidents in psychiatric acute admission wards
- Authors:
- KHO King, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, January 1998, pp.38-43.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Factors associated with aggression among psychiatric in-patients are still poorly understood. This study examines levels of aggression ascertained weekly by staff report for every patient on five acute admission wards and one locked intensive care ward at two hospitals prospectively over a five-month period. Found that levels of aggression varied considerably among the admission wards. Aggression was more common on the locked away and among younger patients. Factors associated with aggression changed with time since admission. Complex associations were found with gender, ethnic group and diagnosis.
Cultural awareness within forensic psychiatry: a literature review
- Author:
- PARKES J.H.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 2(3), September 2000, pp.3-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents a review of literature concerning the over-representation of young African-Caribbean males within secure psychiatric services.
Outcome of admission to a medium secure psychiatric unit: role of ethnic origin
- Authors:
- MADEN A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 175, October 1999, pp.317-321.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This research is a follow-up of patients discharged from medium secure psychiatric units and compares outcome of patients of different ethnic origin. The study hypothesises that there are systematic differences in clinical outcome between ethnic groups. The higher rate of admission of African-Caribbean patients is consistent with higher levels of demand. There is a need for studies of the pathways by which patients from minority ethnic groups reach medium-secure accommodation, with a view to early intervention.