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Being Young Being Heard
Date: 1st February 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice ScotlandCitizens Advice Scotland's new report, Being Young Being Heard, outlines the impact of the recession on young people in Scotland in their own words. The report shows that the effect of the recession has been that too many young people have ended up in a place where their potential is going to waste.
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Tackling Child Poverty in Scotland: A Discussion - Consultation Responses
Date: 28th January 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Scottish Government has published the responses received to the consultation on tackling child poverty in Scotland.
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Childline BSL videos
Date: 10th November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLineYou can now watch up to nine ChildLine videos which have been translated into British Sign Language (BSL). The videos tackle issues such as bullying, neglect or family relationships.
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Before Care
Date: 2nd November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Rights Director for EnglandBefore Care, the latest report by Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is a small but significant survey of 50 children, from different authorities across the country, who recently entered the care system. It provides first hand accounts of children's experiences before entering care and raises concerns about how ill informed and unprepared some children are when they come into care.
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Poverty Information Resource Guide
Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Poverty AllianceThis guide has been produced to provide facts and figures alongside case studies of real experience for anyone who is looking for information on poverty in the UK.
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Relative Value
Date: 13th October 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice ScotlandCitizens Advice Scotland have published a report highlighting the problems that face people who care for children who are part of their extended family.
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Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2009/10
Date: 29th September 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentThis publication contains the latest statistics in relation to child protection, secure care accommodation and close support care accommodation.
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Relative poverty across Scottish Local Authorities
Date: 19th August 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThis publication presents, for the first time, official figures about the distribution of income and relative poverty across Scotland at local authority area level.
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Against the odds: Re-engaging young people in education, employment or training
Date: 7th July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Audit CommissionSince 1990, a yearly government survey has indicated that between 9 and 10 per cent of 16 to 18 year olds is without a wage, schooling or training. This new study looks at the financial, personal and social cost of teenagers who are so-called NEET - not in education, employment or training.
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Families in the recession
Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across ScotlandIn the autumn, Parenting across Scotland ran a telephone helpline survey of parents. PAS helpline partners, ParentLine Scotland, Capability Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland and Stepfamily Scotland asked callers about their experiences of parenting in the recession.
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Physical Control in Care
Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: National Offender Management ServiceThis document has been created by NOMS to train staff in safe methods of restraining young people in secure training centres.
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Media Coverage of Child Deaths in the UK: The Impact of Baby P: A Case for Influence?
Date: 8th June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Susan ElsleyThis briefing paper explores the extent to which recent UK media coverage has influenced policy on child death cases due to abuse and neglect, focusing on traditional print news coverage of the death of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P. It is informed by an exploration of newspaper reporting on the Baby P. Case.
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Cotton wool kids safety myths demolished
Date: 1st June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThis guidance aims to tackle the risk averse culture that sees children miss out on outdoor activities because staff fear being sued or blamed if an accident occurs.
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National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland: Consultation
Date: 1st June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe revised National Guidance on Child Protection reflects this changed and changing landscape; and also the Scottish Government's distinctive and strong commitment to working in partnership with practitioners across the child protection sector to best support local practice at national level.
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Families as Learning Partners
Date: 3rd May 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: EnquireThis year's Enquire 2010 Annual Conference theme was the importance of the role families play as learning partners, looking at how children, parents, carers and the wider community can be more effectively involved and engaged in the education of children with additional support needs.
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Aberdeenshire Council ‘Tell It Like It Is Conference’ reports
Date: 31st March 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Aberdeenshire CouncilA guide to meetings for looked after children was created following the 'Tell It Like It Is Conference' in March 2010 in Inverurie.
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Baseline report on Angus GIRFEC Learning Partnership for children affected by parental substance misuse (CAPSM)
Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentA Baseline Report of the action research project in Angus to inform the development of Getting it right for every child and the work of the ADP/CPC to address the needs of Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse (CAPSM).
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Perspectives of children and young people with a parent in prison
Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThe findings of a small pilot study to explore the experiences of children and young people who have had a family member sent to prison.
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Dealing with bullying and the importance of friends
Date: 4th January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLine in PartnershipsA pack for teachers working with young people who are not accessing mainstream education. It can also be used in informal educative settings such as youth clubs. This pack aims to raise awareness of bullying and help students to recognise that friends can be a good form of support.
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Neglect matters: A guide for young people about neglect
Date: 1st June 2009
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLineA guide for 11-17 year-olds which tells young people how they can recognise neglect, who they can turn to for help and what they can do about it.
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