Children’s Hearings System fact sheets updated

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: SCRA

A range of fact sheets produced by SCRA about the Children's Hearings System have been updated and published.

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Child Poverty, Health and Wellbeing eLearning Module

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: NHS Health Scotland

This learning resource aims to raise awareness of the plight of young peoples' poverty issues in Scotland, and the impact poverty has on their health and wellbeing. It reflects key messages on health inequalities, making it a relevant topic.

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Increasing well-being and engagement for new dads

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities
Author: Fathers Network Scotland

In 2015, Fathers Network Scotland commissioned a research project to develop and deliver a pilot series of evidence-based workshops to support first time fathers in the workplace. This report describes the workshop materials that were developed and outlines key findings from evaluations.

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Fearless – crime resource for young people

Date: 18th October 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Fearless.org

Fearless is a site where young people can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality.

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Harmful Sexual Behaviour Among Children and Young People

Date: 18th October 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences.

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Young people create new resource for teachers

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: The Young People’s Organising and Campaigning Group (YPOC)

The Young People's Organising and Campaigning Group (YPOC) in Aberdeen has launched a new DVD guide for school staff and pupils, on how they can support looked after children.

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UNICEF mapping of SDGs and UNCRC

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Child rights indicators
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has produced an interactive mapping of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which highlights the connections and synergies between the two frameworks.

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“From rhetoric to reality: improving outcomes for care leavers” - blog

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Social security and childcare
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

It has been almost a year since the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant was published. In this blog, Debbie Nolan considers how we can make the promises made in the Covenant a reality, and improve outcomes for Scotland's care leavers.

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One year on - 2015 report on helping young people move on successfully

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Social security and childcare
Author: the Self-Directed Support (SDS) Consortium

This report sets out the findings from a knowledge exchange project which focused on young people's transition from school to adult life against the backdrop of the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) (Scotland) Act (2013).

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New ‘7 Golden Rules for Participation’ resources available

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: CYPCS

The Golden Rules Symbols packs produced by the Office of the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland are now back in stock, and the office have also created a 7 Golden Rules Planning and Reflection tool.

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