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Local know-how: a good practice guide to compiling a housing directory for young people
- Author:
- MURPHY Jane
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to help advisers create a directory of housing and support services for young people in their area. The guide includes information on homelessness and social services legislation, and provides templates for detailing local authority policies and procedures. It also holds information on the private rented sector, and additional templates for recording details of local housing providers and support agencies that work with young people.
Supporting children and young people's learning a handbook for parents when their child needs additional support
- Authors:
- GRAY Shelley, WALLACE Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 182p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at helping parents get the best out of the new Additional Support for Learning Act. The handbook is being published at a time of significant change in the system for children and young people in need of additional support to benefit from education. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) Act 2004, which came into force in November 2005, replaces entirely the old system of Special Educational Needs. This guide aims to help parents through the system, explaining key terms and processes, to ensure that they can get the best for their children.
Local authority children's services funding: 2006-07 and 2007-08
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local authority child protection registers: Wales 2005
- Author:
- WALES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DATA UNIT
- Publisher:
- Wales. Local Government Data Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This bulletin presents figures about children on child protection registers. The bulletin summarises the results for Wales. All information is based on the financial year 2004-05 or the position at 31 March 2004 unless otherwise stated. The publication arrangements for the returns have changed in order to: speed up the release of information; and provide users with the maximum amount of data so that it can be manipulated as required.
The Government's annual report on learning disability 2005: valuing people: making things better
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government has to give Parliament a report on learning disability each year. This is the third report since Valuing People
Risk, resilience and outdoor programmes for at-risk children
- Authors:
- UNGAR Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 5(3), December 2005, pp.319-338.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors explore a continuum of interventions that offer at-risk children and youth experience in outdoor wilderness environments. Though these experiences are thought to enhance the well-being of participants, the mechanisms by which programming in natural environments promotes health have been poorly understood. In this article we discuss different types of outdoor programmes in which social workers and allied professionals participate, linking programme goals and outcomes to research on mitigating risk and promoting resilience in at-risk populations. Findings are based on qualitative data gathered as part of regular programme evaluations and a separate study of 14 participants’ reactions to programming. Results show favourable outcomes in terms of relationship building and a sense of spirituality and purpose, though there was little increased awareness of environmental issues. Follow-up and support after programming helped to reinforce changes made during the outdoor experience. These case studies, combined with a review of the literature, provide the basis for a theoretically sound approach to understanding the health-enhancing mechanisms that operate through outdoor experience-based education and treatment. Similarities between the gains made in well-being and resilience are highlighted.
Learning from mistakes
- Author:
- BOSTOCK Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, September 2005, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
This article highlights some of the findings from a recent position paper published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. The paper looks at looks at managing risk and minimising mistakes in children and families services.
Media storm puts pressure on Essex
- Author:
- SMITH Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 31.08.05, 2005, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Essex County Council's decision to take the children of a couple with learning difficulties and low IQ into care has provoked a furious reaction from the press. This article looks at the implications for the sector as a whole.
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.
Worrying holes in the safety net
- Author:
- SMITH Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 22.6.05, 2005, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The Commission for Social Care has warned in its response to the Government's consultation on safeguarding that the relationships between local structures are not clear enough and could leave a hole children could fall through. This report highlights the concerns of service directors on this issue and how safeguard practice will vary across the UK.