Common Core of skills, knowledge & understanding and values for the “children’s workforce” in Scotland

Date: 22nd June 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

The Common Core describes the skills, knowledge and understanding, and values that everyone should have if they work with children, young people and their families, whether they are paid or unpaid.

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Scotland: the best place to bring up children?

Date: 13th June 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

In this collection entitled 'Scotland: the best place in the world to bring up children?' contributors put forward proposals for what needs to happen to make Scotland the best place in the world to bring up children.

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GUS 6th Annual Conference Report - findings from Year 6

Date: 13th June 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Growing Up in Scotland study

The report from the sixth Annual GUS Conference is available to download along with a copy of the Minister's speech, the presentation slides from the day and an audio recording of the main presentations.

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New findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study

Date: 10th May 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Growing Up in Scotland study

Almost every parent in Scotland is involved, engaged and highly satisfied in their child's schooling in the early years according to key findings from the latest report.

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What is a child protection conference?

Date: 8th March 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Family Rights Group

A film to help social care professionals supporting children and families through child protection conferences has been released by advice charity Family Rights Group.

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CHILDREN 1ST Annual Lecture Report

Date: 15th February 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: CHILDREN 1ST

The transcript of the CHILDREN 1ST annual lecture 2011 is now available. The lecture entitled 'Poverty, Families and Community' was delivered in December 2011 by Bob Holman.

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Extra Support at School: The Rights of Looked After Children

Date: 7th December 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Enquire

The law says that all looked after children should have the extra support they need to get the most out of their education and achieve their full potential. Enquire has published a new briefing paper that explains the rights of looked after children under the Additional Support for Learning Act.

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Child and working-age poverty from 2010 to 2020

Date: 11th October 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Institute for Fiscal Studies

What levels of poverty might there be for children and working-age adults by 2020?

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Enquire interview with young carers about educational issues

Date: 7th October 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Enquire

Enquire gives advice and information about children's rights to extra support if they need it to get the most out of school. Their youth officer recently interviewed some young people at the Young Carers Festival to find out their views about the issues young carers may face at school and the support that helps.

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Child well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden

Date: 13th September 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: UNICEF

New research by Ipsos Mori for UNICEF UK has shown that children in the UK feel trapped in a "materialistic culture" and don't have enough time with their families.

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Community Research: Working with young people

Date: 1st September 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services

A report detailing the outcomes of a community research project working with young people who were, or had been, in care to design and run their own research.

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Differences in decline - Relative child poverty in Scotland and England 1998-99 to 2008-09

Date: 21st July 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

This report summarises the results of an investigation into the differing trends in child poverty across the UK between 1998-99 and 2008-09, focusing on the difference between Scotland and England.

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Lanarkshire Getting it right toolkit

Date: 1st July 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

Getting it right 'toolkit' is a comprehensive resource based on a three years' work to develop culture, systems and practice changes across Lanarkshire.

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Care and permanence planning for looked after children in Scotland

Date: 20th June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Delays in decision making and obtaining a permanent home can mean poorer outcomes for children. SCRA carried out research on the processes of care and permanency planning for looked after children in Scotland to identify areas for improvement.

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Doing right by children

Date: 1st June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Author: Children’s Rights Alliance for England

The publication makes the case for a consistent rights-based approach to all law, policy and practice affecting children, and explores in depth the implications of a children's rights approach to the family and to juvenile justice. It discusses the values and attitudes underpinning a children's rights framework and reports on good practice in a variety of settings.

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Homeless Children

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

Homelesschildren.org.uk is an online resource which provides expert guidance and advice for education professionals on measures they can take to mitigate the impact of homelessness on a child's schooldays.

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Running away and future homelessness - the missing link?

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

This report highlights the fact that most young homeless people (84 per cent) had also run away over night before the age of 16. This is considerably higher than the national rate of running away which is estimated at 11 per cent.

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Parents on TV

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Parenting UK

Parentchannel.tv is a free online service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, with a collection of videos addressing a wide range of parenting topics.

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Parenting across Scotland Manifesto 2011

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

Parenting across Scotland would like Scotland to be the best place for families to bring up their children but at the moment, it's very far from being that. The Parenting across Scotland manifesto calls on the Scottish Government to 'family-proof' their policies, invest in the importance of parenting, ensure that families get the help they need when they need it, ensure that adequate childcare is available and that employers are family friendly.

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Young Scot: Access All Areas

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Young Scot

Young Scot Access All Areas was a three-year inclusion project, which aimed to empower young people from ethnic minority, refugee, asylum seeking and faith groups to influence service provision in their local area, enhance access and promote inclusion.

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