ru-ok? is a Brighton based service that works alongside under 18s whose lives are affected by substance misuse in Brighton & Hove. The service offers free, confidential, expert advice and support. The service produces regular briefing notes for Brighton & Hove Children's Services and this latest one contains lots of helpful information that will be relevant to our … Continue reading Substance misuse
Read the full article at source: Danielle Turney on Relationship-Based Social Work Also, for take a look at this great youtube by Hilary Cottam. Youtube 'Relationship-based practice through the eyes of a social work': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWbDROw2pU8 Other relevant publications Lincoln, Helen (2015) Relationship-based approach to social work Cooper, Andrew (2015) Relationship based practice works – the evidence Hammond, … Continue reading Relationship-Based Social Work
Second report of the national panel of independent experts Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013, the Government’s guide to inter- agency working published in March 2013, announced that a national panel of independent experts would be established ‘to support Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) in ensuring that appropriate action is taken to learn from serious … Continue reading Serious Case Reviews
Emotional health in childhood ‘is the key to future happiness’ https://t.co/bzL2AFBjxZ — Children in NI (@ChildreninNI) November 11, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Layard and his colleagues at the Wellbeing research programme at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance concluded that a child’s emotional health is more important to their satisfaction levels as an adult than other … Continue reading Emotional health in childhood
'Your Right to be Heard' is a punchy, helpful youtube. It emphasises the importance of children and young people's rights and entitlements - not least their right to have a say and be heard. Worth sharing please. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FFJZFM5Cn8
Ofsted has highlighted a new social care good practice example from Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). Ofsted identified in their single inspection, that pod-based youth workers are making a positive contribution to the engagement, and thus the improved outcomes, of young people. Download the report here: Ofsted (2015) Youth workers in social work pods … Continue reading Youth workers in social work pods having a positive impact on young people’s outcomes
Originally posted on Family Law on 4th November 2014. Dr Julia Brophy (with Kate Perry and Eleanor Harrison) has published the next stage in her research on children involved in the family courts, and their confidentiality. EXTRACT ‘A review of anonymised judgments on Bailii: Children, privacy and "jigsaw identification"’published by the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) … Continue reading ALC and NYAS publish report on children’s privacy
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What is it like to head out into the world after a life in care? Antonia Charlesworth interviews care leavers and assesses the government’s latest policies. EXTRACT "For some, turning 18 will mean starting university, for others a first car, for many their first legal drink. These things mark a transition into adulthood and … Continue reading By your leave – life after care
The RightsInfo’s new project, #YourHumanRights have produced an extensive range of beautiful infographics each representing a key right in the European Convention. Everyone is welcome to download and print these infographics for free by clicking the “download” link. Download: What Human Rights do for children Download: What Human Rights do for families More at source: The European Convention on Human Rights in 16 beautiful infographics
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