The What Works Centre for Child Sexual Abuse has published a report evaluating three pilot projects which embedded social workers in schools in England. The pilots in Lambeth, Southampton and Stockport explored how working in this way might help...
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Children in care: life expectancy
Researchers at University College London (UCL) Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care have published findings from research looking at a link between a childhood in care and early death. A study of data relating to more than 350,000 people in...
Experiences of fatherhood among men who were sexually abused in childhood.
Background Fatherhood is a complex psychological process, which is shaped at a profound level by reflections on past childhood memories and parenting experienced in childhood. Fathers who were sexually abused in childhood may experience particular...
Looked-after children less likely to attend higher education, study shows
Young people in care or those who experienced care at 13 or 14 have significantly lower expectations of attending higher education than their peers, new research shows. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
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Social workers in schools
The What Works Centre for Child Sexual Abuse has published a report evaluating three pilot projects which embedded social workers in schools in England. The pilots in Lambeth, Southampton and Stockport explored how working in this way might help...
Care leavers and higher education
What Works for Children’s Social Care has published a report looking at care leavers and higher education. Research carried out by the CASCADE centre at Cardiff University shows a gap between the expectations of young people who have been in care...
Howard League calls for end to remanding unsentenced children in custody
The Howard League for Penal Reform says most children in the youth custody estate are being held in prolonged solitary confinement because of severe restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic and has called for courts to limit the number of...
