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On Board!: boarding placements for vulnerable children: improving outcomes, transforming lives
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department for Children, Schools and Families, local authorities, boarding schools in the maintained and independent sectors, and educational charities are working in partnership to provide an extra option to support vulnerable children. Boarding Provision for Vulnerable Children (BPVC) aims to provide support, stability and opportunities that can improve outcomes for children in need, as well as for some of those who are looked after or on the edge of care. Boarding school placements already happen for some vulnerable children through charitable grants and bursaries. The benefits have been recognised through evaluation, and vulnerable children themselves have said they would like the option. With the support of the DCSF, local authorities can now extend this opportunity to increase stability and improve the life chances of many more young people. Through the stories of Jo, Archie and Sasha, this DVD explores how they came to board, their lives in a boarding school, and how boarding has changed their futures. By including the voices of families, social workers and headteachers who support these young people it aims to help local authority staff understand how this option could be a good addition to their own provision for vulnerable children.
Rory
- Author:
- ALCOHOL FOCUS SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Alcohol Focus Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Alcohol Focus Scotland has developed a multimedia learning resource that tackles the issue of harm caused to children because of parental alcohol problems. The pack is based on Rory, a fictional dog who can't understand why his owner is neglecting him, until it's explained to him that it's because his owner drinks too much. The Rory resource pack contains: the Rory story book; an Mp4 player; a Rory puppet; an activity pack (games, worksheets, stickers, kennel build game); and guidance notes. Although aimed at children aged 5-11, another version of the story book has been produced which is suitable for younger children or those with additional support needs. The pack is intended for use by teachers, counsellors and social workers who are in a position to help raise awareness and respond to the issues of parents who drink too much. It can also be used help children understand the feelings they might experience when living with someone who has an alcohol problem and encourage them to speak to a trusted adult. Adults reading the book will also gain a better understanding of the impact of parental alcohol misuse from a child's perspective.
Children's voices: living with parental substance misuse
- Authors:
- WARD Dave, (Director)
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- DVD, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
Children’s voices provides video material for use in training to equip those who work in mainstream children’s and adult services to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of children living with parents who misuse substances. The DVD features children talking about their experiences of living with parental substance misuse and what helped them.
Seeing and hearing the child: rising to the challenge of parental substance misuse
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
Seeing and hearing the child is a flexible training resource designed to equip those who work in mainstream children’s and adult services to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of children living with parents who misuse substances. The CD contains: three categories of training: Awareness, Assessment and Treatment a selection of 38 exercises for face-to-face training with a range of audiences task sheets, handouts and PowerPoint slides.
A warm welcome
- Authors:
- WALKER Michelle, (Director), BOSS Pippa, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Shared Care Network
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
A £1.54 million grant will enable another 70 children in Wales to access short breaks. However, there are 460 children in Wales still waiting for short breaks – and many more who are not even on a waiting list. This money is a good starting point and it is hoped a down payment for the future development of short break services in Wales. More carers will be needed to meet the increased demand, and the DVD has come at the right time to inspire new short break carers.
The transporters
- Authors:
- CATALYST PICTURES, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Catalyst Pictures
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- DVD, booklet, (75 mins)
- Place of publication:
- Ashton-under-Lyne
The Transporters is a new animation series designed to help children with autism discover the world of emotions. The initiative aims to make a difference to some very vulnerable children.
Child protection: everybody's business
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS Ian, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- (65 mins), CD
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
Child Protection has the highest profile of all children and family services in the UK. Anxiety is greatest when we are faced with the possibility of young lives being damaged and sometimes ended prematurely. Working in such a sensitive and volatile climate is never easy. This recording brings the most up-to-date thinking and research evidence on child protection to busy practitioners and their managers. Research is just one part of the knowledge jigsaw. It is not a summation of all knowledge but it is vital that we know what there is. However there are blank areas - knowledge gaps if you like, for instance, where there is no evidence of effectiveness that does not mean that the intervention is ineffective, only that it is not known to be so.
Looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children: a training course for social care professionals
- Authors:
- KIDANE Selam, AMERENA Penny
- Publisher:
- British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
This training course has been developed to help trainers equip social care professionals with the necessary skills to meet the complex needs of asylum seeking and refugee children. It includes a CD-ROM of overheads and handouts to distribute to participants. There are now thousands of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children living in the UK. Under the Children Act 1989 (England and Wales), children with no one to take parental responsibility for them are 'children in need' and entitled to a full range of services from the local authority. The local authority is required by law to identify the needs of each unaccompanied asylum-seeking child in their area, and to provide services to meet those needs. But there is a lack of awareness and an inconsistent approach across the country to caring for asylum-seeking and refugee children.
Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) e-learning course
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Place of publication:
- London
Developed by SCIE in partnership with the NWG Network, this e-Learning course raises awareness of child sexual exploitation for health, social care, education and other frontline staff. It provides frontline practitioners with the basic knowledge and skills to identify and respond to child sexual exploitation. It covers the signs and indicators of child sexual exploitation; different types of child sexual exploitation, including online vulnerabilities; understanding vulnerabilities that may keep a child being exploited; myths and stereotypes associated with child sexual exploitation, and reporting concerns. The course explores the issue through the unique stories of five young people from very different backgrounds. (Edited publisher abstract)
Modern slavery: national referral mechanism and duty to notify statistics UK, end of year summary, 2021
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This statistical bulletin provides a summary and breakdown of the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) or via the Duty to Notify (DtN) process in 2021. Please also refer to the data tables published alongside this bulletin for further data. Key results include: 12,727 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office in 2021, representing a 20% increase compared to the preceding year (10,601); the number of referrals received this year is the highest since the NRM began in 2009 (previously 10,611 in 2019); 77% (9,790) were male and 23% (2,923) were female; 58% (7,434) of potential victims claimed exploitation in the UK only and 31% (3,883) claimed exploitation overseas only; a higher proportion of referrals claimed exploitation overseas only in 2021 (31%) than in 2020 (26%); 50% (6,411) of referrals were for potential victims who claimed exploitation as adults and 43% (5,468) claimed exploitation as children; for adult potential victims, labour exploitation was most reported (33%; 2,141), whereas child potential victims were most often referred for criminal exploitation (49%; 2,689); the most common nationalities referred this year were UK, Albanian and Vietnamese; 12,665 reasonable grounds and 2,866 conclusive grounds decisions were made this year. Of these, 90% of reasonable grounds and 91% of conclusive grounds decisions were positive; the Home Office received 3,190 reports of adult potential victims via the DtN process, a 47% increase from 2020. (Edited publisher abstract)