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Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: explanatory notes (and other accompanying notes)
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
- Publisher:
- Scottish Parliament
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
These explanatory notes accompany the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill.
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: as introduced
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
- Publisher:
- Scottish Parliament
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The current version of the proposed Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill. This Bill will repeal and replace the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, save for Part IV, and will amend the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
Who cares?: children at risk and social services
- Authors:
- GLEDHILL Andreas, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 44p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Achieving educational excellence for children at risk : selected papers from the NASW 3rd National School Social Work Conference...1985
- Editor:
- HAWKINS Mable T.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 162p.
- Place of publication:
- Annapolis Junction, MD
Submission to United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 71
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is from the Children's Commissioner for England to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's examination of the UK's combined Sixth and Seventh Periodic report under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).This report is split into two distinct sections. Part 1 of the report sheds a light on some of the issues that affect certain groups of children, specifically in care, children with disabilities and children living in disadvantaged households. Through the lens of Article 2, part 1 highlights the disparity in outcomes that these children experience and presents the CCo's ambitions for reform. This section also reflects on the CCo's statutory responsibility that is outlined in Section 2D of the Children's Act which enables the office to intervene to provide advice, assistance, and representation to any child that is living away from home or receiving social care services. Part two of the report responds to the UN Committee's List of Issues on the Rights of the Child. Throughout this section the CCo reflects on: the impact of COVID; the mechanisms in place to support the implementation of the UNCRC; children’s experiences of the online world; violence and abuse with a focus on girls; family support service; children who are living in alternative family environments and those living care; the children's social care system and recent review conducted by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel; the state of children’s mental health provision including inpatient care; the standard of living for families with children; children’s experience of climate change; trends in attendance data; the need to examine the Relationship and Sex Education that is taught in schools; the experience of UASC, the quality of youth custody; and the policing of children. (Edited publisher abstract)
Back into school: new insights into school absence: evidence from three multi-academy trusts
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
To gain new insights into patterns of school absence, and explore the themes raised during the Attendance Audit, the Children's Commissioner's office has conducted new analysis of daily attendance records from three Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs). The MATs were geographically dispersed, including primary, secondary, and all-through schools, with a total sample size of around 32,000 children. The analysis presented in this paper looks at both unauthorised and authorised absence across the term. Authorised absence means that the school has either given approval either in advance or following an absence from the school, and authorisations can be given in several circumstances. Unauthorised absence means that the school has not approved for the pupil to be absent. Analysis of the data shows that: the majority of children, (60%), had no unauthorised absence in the autumn 2021 term; children who were out of school on a period of unauthorised absence (the remaining 40%) have distinct patterns of absence; attending the first week of school is a strong indicator that a child will go on to attend school regularly throughout the term; children with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and children receiving pupil premium were more likely to have higher levels of absence than their peers; however, while children in care had similar levels of absence to their peers, when we control for other factors, children in care were actually slightly less likely to be off school than other children - being in care is associated with two fewer days of absence than not being in care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Covid-19, vulnerability and the safeguarding of criminally exploited children
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM. Rights Lab
- Publisher:
- University of Nottingham, Rights Lab
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Third research briefing from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 on child criminal exploitation and County Lines. Data was gathered in 13 interviews with practitioners and 29 interviews with law enforcement and local authorities. This briefing is on identifying trends that professionals have witnessed more recently, and as a result of longer-term lockdown measures. Findings indicate that restrictions introduced in response to the pandemic have hindered the ability of youth workers to safeguard vulnerable young people and increased difficulties in identifying and responding to victims of County Lines exploitation. Provides some recommendations for practice, examples of good practice and considers ongoing concerns as we exit lockdown. (Edited publisher abstract)
Too many at-risk children are still invisible to social care
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing assesses the extent to which the pandemic and lockdown have contributed to making children at risk invisible to social services. Since March 2020 when schools closed at the start of the first national lockdown, more families have fallen into poverty and all the major risk factors to children – domestic violence, poor parental mental health, and alcohol/substance abuse – have heightened. At the same time there has been a significant fall (by 10% compared to the last 3 years) in referrals to children’s services as children became increasingly ‘invisible’ under Covid-19. Children have been out of school for most of the year, less likely to attend health services, and are less able to access informal support like children’s centres, many of which closed or moved online throughout the year. Many local authorities anticipated a spike in social care referrals in September with the school return. However, this spike did not occur. The latest data from the DfE showed that in November 2020, referrals were 12% lower than usual – despite schools being open at this time, so better able to identify vulnerable children. The current national lockdown and school closures risks even more at-risk children going undetected and not getting help. The response from councils to these alarming figures has been varied, with some taking insufficient action to find children who are suffering behind closed doors, despite statutory expectations to do this. Local authorities have also had access to emergency funding, although there are concerns that this has been focused on adult social care. The paper calls for all local areas to urgently and proactively work to identify vulnerable children who are not coming to the attention of services as they would usually do. Otherwise, children at risk in increasingly harmful situations will remain invisible to the system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Out of routine: a review of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in families where the children are considered at risk of significant harm: briefing
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents findings from a review by The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel of 14 incidents of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) from 12 local areas in England that were representative of the 40 SUDI cases reported to the Panel between June 2018 and August 2019. The briefing summarises the key learning and recommendations and outlines the key features of the local ‘prevent and protect’ practice model proposed by the Panel. Key features include: safeguarding partners, in conjunction with commissioners and other local providers, to incorporate action to reduce the risk of SUDI within a wider strategy to promote healthy pregnancy, good infant care and safety; multi-agency action to address pre-disposing risks of SUDI for all families, and with targeted support for families with identified additional needs; ensuring that safer sleep advice and risk assessment are joined up with wider considerations of safeguarding risk and plans to work with families to address safeguarding concerns; systems and processes that support effective multi-agency practice in working with families, particularly those at high risk of abuse or neglect. (Edited publisher abstract)
Ending domestic violence: SafeLives Insights national briefing
- Author:
- SAFELIVES
- Publisher:
- SafeLives
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing draws on Insights data collected between April 2014 and March 2017, to explore the experiences of children exposed to domestic abuse, and the involvement of children’s social services in these cases. Insights is a ‘whole family’ outcomes measurement programme specifically designed for specialist domestic abuse services supporting adults and children who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse. The data reveals that two in five children (41%) in families where there is domestic abuse have been living with that abuse since they were born. For some children, this exposure to abuse does not only start early, but persists into later childhood. Of all the children in our dataset who had been living with abuse for their whole lives, over a third (37%) were more than five years old. The paper estimates that at the time they start school, at least one child in every class will have been living with domestic abuse since they were born. The paper makes a number of recommendations, including: ensuring that there is an effective referral pathway for children who are affected by domestic abuse, and that professionals who have concerns can access advise from a specialist; ensuring specialist training is available to practitioners working with children and young people in a variety of settings; and developing and testing interventions which focus on the perpetrator of abusive behaviour, including those who are parents. (Edited publisher abstract)