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  • ME-WE Project releases manual on how to better support young carers

    Date: 1st March 2021
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    ME-WE has published a manual aiming to contribute to the development of an environment in which young carers are able to pursue their goals and thrive, in line with their rights under the UNCRC. It aims to fill the knowledge gap and targets stakeholders from different fields to inform multidisciplinary action to address the needs of young carers.

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  • Resources for young carers, their family and practitioners

    Date: 12th February 2021
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    These resources from Carers Trust Scotland aim to help young carers and family members speak about unpaid caring roles within the family and to reach out for support when it is needed. 

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  • Connect's family engagement academy

    Date: 28th January 2021
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    Connect has put together a variety of courses to support family engagement touching upon a range of topics such as: engagement in children’s learning, methods to influence family engagement, ways to work with parent councils and more!

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  • Media Ambassadors 2020 final film released

    Date: 15th January 2021
    Category: COVID-19, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    Together with Media Education, a group of young carers have created an impactful film focusing on who young carers are, their experiences during lockdown and what support they need going forward.

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  • Childonomics: measuring the impacts of investing in children and families

    Date: 9th December 2020
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Funding
    Author: Eurochild

    In the past five years, Eurochild has been working on combining economic discipline with children’s rights. Its conceptual framework and methodology to ‘measure the long-term social and economic return on investing in children and families’, together with the findings of its case studies from Romania and Malta, are now available on its website.

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  • Podcast series created by care experienced young people

    Date: 28th October 2020
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    The podcast started as a way of reflecting on experiences of Covid-19 and later developed into deep discussions about what it means to be care experienced. There are four episodes in our first season so far.

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  • New website for children on advocacy for children’s hearings

    Date: 27th October 2020
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    The website aims to help children find and access both support and representation from a children’s advocacy worker for children’s hearings.

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  • Webinars and toolkits to assist young people who have experience of local authority care and those working with them

    Date: 22nd July 2020
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Clan Childlaw

    The webinars cover four issues that Clan Childlaw recognises have been difficult for young people throughout the pandemic, these are: contact with family, moving accommodation, care leavers’ rights to continue care and aftercare and housing and homelessness.

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  • What Works for Children’s Social Care podcast

    Date: 11th June 2020
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    This podcast shares the latest evidenced-based practice from academics, senior leaders, social workers and experts by experience to improve children’s social care and the outcomes it generates for children and families.

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  • Resource on tackling child adversity

    Date: 19th November 2019
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect
    Author:

    The resource “Rights! The missing piece to childhood adversity” was designed by young people, to raise awareness of a rights-based approach to tackling childhood adversity.

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  • Fact sheets about the Children’s Hearings System

    Date: 7th October 2019
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
    Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

    Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) has reviewed and updated a range of fact sheets about the Children’s Hearings System.

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  • Child-friendly UN Guidelines on Alternative Care

    Date: 18th September 2019
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author:

    The guidelines are aimed to be a useful resource for children and young people who can no longer live with their parents, as well as for their families and peers.  

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  • Growing Up in Scotland: Life at Age 12

    Date: 14th August 2019
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Scottish Government

    Scottish Government’s report presents initial findings about the lives of 12-year-old children living in Scotland.

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  • Video: 1000 life changing days

    Date: 30th July 2019
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Best interests of the child, Basic Health and Welfare
    Author:

    The video explores the first three years of a child’s life, focusing on the effects of social, emotional, and physical environments on long-term health and wellbeing.

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  • Video: Rights of Children with Additional Support Needs

    Date: 14th June 2019
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Health and health services, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Additional support for learning, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental guidance
    Author:

    This film was developed to increase knowledge and awareness among parents and practitioners of new children’s rights legislation.

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  • Do you know a child with a family member in prison?

    Date: 20th March 2019
    Category: Children of prisoners, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Families Outside

    Every year in Scotland 20,000- 27,000 children and young people are affected by imprisonment. Families Outside have a new peer-led support opportunity for children aged between 8-18 years called 'My Time'. If you know of any children or young people who are affected by imprisonment contact tracey.burns@familiesoutside.org.uk at Families Outside to discuss the support available. 

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  • Advice line: Special hour of free legal advice for Under 21s only

    Date: 21st February 2019
    Category: Access to appropriate information, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Protection of privacy, Additional support for learning, Protection from abuse or neglect, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
    Author: The Scottish Child Law Centre

    The Scottish Child Law Centre is one of only a few dedicated providers of guidance and information on matters of law concerning children and young people. A child or young person can call the advice line anytime, BUT on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12-1 o’clock the solicitor’s are only taking calls from under 21s with questions about the law or their rights during this special hour. Under 21s can still call anytime be can call the advice line Monday – Friday from 9:30 -4:30.

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  • “Talking about Tomorrow” Resource for parents and carers Providing guidance and information for parents of disabled children

    Date: 12th February 2019
    Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Scottish Government

    Talking about Tomorrow is a website that provides guidance and information to parents and carers of disabled children.

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  • Action Plan – Ending Homelessness in Scotland

    Date: 18th December 2018
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: Scottish Government

    The Scottish Government has published an action plan proposing the steps it will take to end homelessness and rough sleeping in Scotland.  

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  • Families Outside Impact Report 2017/18

    Date: 16th November 2018
    Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Families Outside

    Families Outside has published their Impact Report which gives an overview of their activities across Scotland from 2017 – 2018. Families Outside is a national organisation that works exclusively on behalf of children and families affected by imprisonment in Scotland. Their aim is “to improve outcomes for children and families affected by imprisonment so they can live healthy, active lives free from stigma and disadvantage”.

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