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New corporate parenting resources now online!
Date: 1st April 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? ScotlandA new and updated corporate parenting resource kit is available alongside a range of resources and information relating to looked after children and care leavers and the duties on corporate parents and professionals.
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Two new guides from Enquire
Date: 17th September 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: EnquireEnquire has released two new guides for young people who are looked after or whose learning has been interrupted, to help them understand their rights and find out more about support for learning.
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Extending care provisions to 26: Who Cares? Scotland information paper
Date: 6th August 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? ScotlandWho Cares? Scotland released an information paper highlighting their call for amendments to Part 8 of the Bill, seeking to secure the right for a young person to stay in/or return to care up to 26 years of age.
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Looked After Children at Home: summit update
Date: 23rd July 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentUpdates have been published from the collaborative session on 16th May 2013, sharing good practice and considering the immediate changes that can start making real improvements in the lives of children looked after at home.
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NCB (UK): Early Support for children and young people
Date: 23rd July 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: National Children's BureauA series of films addressing the questions that every young person has at some point wanted to ask, has been made freely available online by Early Support.
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Online training: 'We can and must do better'
Date: 29th May 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Scottish Government have launched extensive online training materials for anyone involved with looked after children, care leavers and their families, in partnership with CELCIS.
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Updated looked after children guidance
Date: 2nd May 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Scottish Government has recently published updated guidance, titled 'Managing allegations against foster carers and approved kinship carers.'
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How Safe Are Our Children?
Date: 29th April 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: NSPCCA report has been produced by the NSPCC Strategy Unit, compiling the most up-to-date child protection data that exists for each of the four nations in the UK.
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Still Caring? Supporting Care Leavers in Scotland
Date: 31st March 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after ChildrenThe Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) have produced a briefing on supporting care leavers in Scotland, outlining the legal, policy and practice positions for working with care leavers, before going on to situate the importance of lived experiences of leaving care by young people and adult care leavers.
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Wave Trust report: The age of opportunity
Date: 21st March 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Wave TrustConception to age 2 - the age of opportunity contains recommendations to guide both national and local decision-makers and commissioners in reducing the causes of disadvantage at the earliest and most effective point in life.
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Handbook launched on children’s rights in alternative care provision across the globe
Date: 18th March 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after ChildrenA unique Handbook to help embed children's rights in alternative care provision across the globe has been launched; the first resource of its kind.
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New Family Information Service website
Date: 26th February 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Family Information ServiceA brand new Family Information Service website was launched in January 2013, offering new resources for professionals working with families by providing a searchable directory of all services in Aberdeen.
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Research summaries of GUS Birth Cohort 2 report available
Date: 18th February 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Growing Up in Scotland studyResearch summaries are available for the ' Birth Cohort 2 - results from the first year ' report which was launched at the GUS annual conference in February 2013.
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SCRA publish new research on children supervision requirements
Date: 12th November 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter AdministrationSCRA have published a new research report titled 'Children on Supervision Requirements for Five or More Years Decisions and Outcomes.'
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Social Work Services for Disabled Children and Young People and Their Families: Assessment and Eligibility
Date: 29th October 2012
Category: Children with disabilities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThe report was commissioned after the Commissioner was alerted to the concerns of families of disabled children and young people who said they perceived a decrease in access to services provided by some local authorities.
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NHS Health Scotland Early Years & Childcare Publications briefing
Date: 22nd October 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: NHS Health ScotlandThis briefing paper provides an overview on the latest updates to NHS Health Scotland publications for parents and professionals within the area of early years and childcare.
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National Parenting Strategy: Making a positive difference to children and young people through parenting
Date: 3rd October 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Parenting Strategy outlines a number of new policies and funding commitments that the Scottish Government will make to give parents easier and better access to information and support.
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Child Poverty and Mothers Employment Patterns - Exploring Trends
Date: 12th September 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Save the ChildrenSave the Children has published a briefing looking at child poverty and mothers employment patterns in Scotland, in partnership with the Women in Scotland's Economy Research Centre.
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Kinship Care resources
Date: 11th September 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: CHILDREN 1STChildren 1ST have a number of resources available to kinship carers including their website, a Citizen Advice Scotland Factsheet and the Mentor UK guide.
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Why GUS is useful for us
Date: 9th September 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Author: Growing Up in Scotland studyUsing interviews from some of the delegates at their conference in May 2012, GUS team has produced a short film to show how people across Scotland, in various roles, are using the findings from GUS to inform their work.
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