Researchers at the universities of York, Stirling and Lancaster, in partnership with the Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland (AFA Scotland), have published findings from a series of studies of Scottish Government data looking at pathways...
Convenient Yet Neglected: The Role of Grandparent Kinship Carers
Date: 20 June 2019 Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child...
Councils legally accountable for safety of children known to social workers, Supreme Court rules
Compensation claims against councils that fail to protect vulnerable children from harm could be brought after a landmark judgment ruled councils are legally accountable for their care. The Supreme Court judgment, handed down today, found social...
Supporting foster carers to meet the needs of looked after children: A feasibility and pilot evaluation of the Reflective Fostering Programme
This study presents the feasibility and pilot evaluation of the Reflective Fostering Programme (RFP), a recently developed, group-based program to support foster carers, based on the concept of “reflective parenting.” This innovative development...
Unregistered homes
The BBC has published research on looked after children living in unregistered accommodation in England. Findings include: the number of looked after children aged 16 and over living in unregistered accommodation in England has increased 70%...
Who are they? Where are they?
Children locked up At any given time almost fifteen hundred children in England are ‘locked up’ in secure children’s homes, secure training centre, young offenders institutions, mental health wards and other residential placements, either for their...
