Reports on the Young Carers (North Clwyd) Project which is giving young carers the chance to counteract their roles at home, and is encouraging them to ask for advice or express emotions with games.
Reports on the Young Carers (North Clwyd) Project which is giving young carers the chance to counteract their roles at home, and is encouraging them to ask for advice or express emotions with games.
Subject terms:
social care provision, young carers, young people, carers, cutbacks;
Looks at the increasing number of Self Build Schemes, which aim to help young homeless people by assisting them in building their own homes. Such schemes build good quality, relatively cheap housing, and self-confidence.
Looks at the increasing number of Self Build Schemes, which aim to help young homeless people by assisting them in building their own homes. Such schemes build good quality, relatively cheap housing, and self-confidence.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, housing, looked after children, young people;
Reports on a London-based care support agency that has found that a large proportion of carers in black and ethnic minority communities are young and many are afraid and in need of help.
Reports on a London-based care support agency that has found that a large proportion of carers in black and ethnic minority communities are young and many are afraid and in need of help.
Subject terms:
multicultural approach, stigma, young people, attitudes, carers, black and minority ethnic people, discrimination;
Statistics show that more than half of adult sex offenders began abusing as children and almost one in five sexual offenders in England and Wales is under 18. Reports on a pioneering scheme, the Five A project in Liverpool, which offers support to abusers and workers.
Statistics show that more than half of adult sex offenders began abusing as children and almost one in five sexual offenders in England and Wales is under 18. Reports on a pioneering scheme, the Five A project in Liverpool, which offers support to abusers and workers.
Subject terms:
offenders, sex offenders, social care provision, staff, young offenders, young people, child sexual abuse;
The London Boroughs of Merton and Richmond-upon-Thames are turning to foster carers rather than children's homes when they need emergency provision for teenagers. Investigates their initiatives.
The London Boroughs of Merton and Richmond-upon-Thames are turning to foster carers rather than children's homes when they need emergency provision for teenagers. Investigates their initiatives.
Subject terms:
looked after children, social services, social care provision, young people, children, foster care;
Family group conferences, an alternative to court for children and young people caught up in the judicial system, are Labour's new weapon in the fight against persistent young offenders. The first author explains the theory, while the second looks at three pilot projects.
Family group conferences, an alternative to court for children and young people caught up in the judicial system, are Labour's new weapon in the fight against persistent young offenders. The first author explains the theory, while the second looks at three pilot projects.
Subject terms:
law courts, offenders, policy, politics, young offenders, young people, children, families, family group conferences, groupwork;
Reports on how social services in some areas have joined health and education in order to identify and provide appropriate services for children and young people with autism.
Reports on how social services in some areas have joined health and education in order to identify and provide appropriate services for children and young people with autism.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, learning disabilities, joint planning, local government, multidisciplinary services, social services, social care provision, young people, autism, children, education, health care;