Research in PracticeĀ have a range of great resources available via their website.Ā The resources are open access - free to use. Ā Topics covered include: Planning and reviewing contact for children during care proceedings and supporting contact once in placement Supporting birth relatives in understanding and maintaining contact for their children Supporting adopters to understand the importance … Continue reading Contact after adoption | Research in Practice
Originally posted on 13.6.18, we are re-posting links to this important review. It needs to be treated as essential reading. Family Rights Group have facilited a seven month sector-led Review into the care crisis. The Review is supported by stakeholders within the child welfare and family justice system. The Review's aims to examine the reasons … Continue reading Essential reading: Care Crisis Review
The Childrenās Commissioner for Englandās Office has recently published research carried out by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) into the levels of government spending on children between 2000 and 2020.Ā The research which comes ahead of next yearās Spending Review, looks at budget changes affecting children over the last two decades. Commenting on the report, … Continue reading Public spending on children
Family Rights Group have facilited a seven month sector-led Review into the care crisis. The Review is supported by stakeholders within the child welfare and family justice system. The Review's aims: to examine the reasons for the rise in care proceedings and number of children in care to at all times retain a focus on … Continue reading New: #carecrisisreview report
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse have published a new paper in their āKey messages from researchā series, focusing on intra-familial child sexual abuse. The paper brings together the existing research on intra-familial CSA into an accessible overview to support confident provision of effective responses. You can read the paper and download PDF … Continue reading Key messages from research | Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse
https://twitter.com/TheCareKid/status/1004591155529633792 No rent, no bills,Ā 365 days a year for 3 years.Ā Ā The Unite Foundation provides scholarship opportunities for young people aged 25 years or under who are care leavers or are estranged from their family. Taking care of a place for the young person to live whilst theyāre at university and leaving them free to … Continue reading Scholarships for care leavers or young people estranged from their family
Thanks to Jonathan Dickens and the UEA Centre for Resesarch for this warmest of invites to all IROs: Dear colleague I am pleased to send you the attached invitation to the 2018 annual conference of the UEA Centre for Research on Children and Families, to be held in London on 22 June 2018. The topic … Continue reading 2018 annual conference of the UEA Centre for Research on Children and Families
https://twitter.com/UKRCPR/status/992442983680274435 Thank you to the Journal of Social Work Practice and to Taylor & Francis Online for providing open access to this article. Abstract Professionals working with families in difficulty require a structured space to consider their work. As organisations and the systems within and across them become more sophisticated it seems that less attention … Continue reading Creating reflective spaces
The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research has launched an important new report on care demand and regional variability. This important newĀ research presents the first published analysis of regional variability, identifying tangible and significant differences. It finds that women, as well as children, in the North, face the highest risk of care proceedings in … Continue reading New report on care demand and regional variability | The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research
Children need to understand why they came into care. This is the response from those living in care on whether they had been helped to understand why they came into care https://t.co/b1f4L0T2yu pic.twitter.com/0jfIBg74vE ā Ofsted (@Ofstednews) 4 April 2018 Source: OfstedĀ Originally published: 04 April 2018 Ofsted has published a report looking at what children … Continue reading Children’s views about their experiences of living in childrenās homes or living with foster carers
