[PDF] Top 20 Caring for rights : social work and advocacy with looked after children and young people

... in social care also aims to treat children and young people with respect and much of the research in children's rights links to a model of children as ‘social actors’ ... See full document

... of looked after children and young people in Scotland has a history of about 10 years, beginning with the commissioning of a detailed review of research (Borland, Pearson, Hill, & ... See full document

... independent, rights-based advocacy support to children and young people aged up to 25 years who are or have been looked after away from ...some looked after ... See full document

... resourced Children and Family Social work teams to ensure regular monitoring and accountability of all involved and responsible for care of children is ...which children and ... See full document

... from children and young people who ranged in age from ...individual children and young people. Of these 85 children, around two-thirds reported that they had help to speak ... See full document

... for looked after children, young people and care ...teachers, social workers, residential care workers and foster ...with looked after children and ... See full document

... and Social Work Services Inspectorate (SWSI) in 2001 highlighted the continued disadvantages experienced by looked-after children (Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools & the ... See full document

... that young people, kinship carers and birth mothers all understood the term ‘looked after’, it was very rare for them to use the term ...being looked after (or in care) was ... See full document

... 5,000 children and young people are looked after at home in Scotland; this represents around a third of all looked after ...children. Children and ... See full document

... the social worker may have a range of options to choose from (subject to availability), to help decide on the most appropriate ...or young person, and the interventions and modifiable factors grouped under ... See full document

... for children and young people is not just the responsibility of social ...of children and young people looked after and accommodated is a small proportion of ... See full document

... through social work, allowing for the health needs of LAAH young people to be assessed at the outset of the Order so that suitable arrangements can be put in ...in social work ... See full document

... disabled children in care as its primary focus explored the permanence patterns of looked after disabled children (Baker, ...of looked after disabled ...foster children ... See full document

... for looked after children is dispersed across departments with the associated risk that this group of vulnerable children may fall between service ...of looked after ... See full document

... Jointly funding activities - may involve corporate parents pooling their resources to meet an identified need or objective. By combining resources, corporate parents could offer a wider range of quality opportunities, ... See full document

... older people in most countries, it is one of the three leading causes of death among those aged 15-44 (WHO ...in young people, especially ...in young men aged 15-19 increased between 1979 and ... See full document

... Looked after young people may also be more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours (for example, engaging in sexual relationships at a younger age, having a higher number of casual ... See full document

... One man with prison experience who was interviewed completed a degree and postgraduate at 2 separate universities but another university had rejected him on the grounds of a risk assessment. He is now studying for a ... See full document

... formerly looked after young people and have acknowledged the need for flexibility and collaboration with the sector to develop these complex ...providers, young people, local ... See full document

... Human Rights Committee (hrc), has concluded that the scope of obligations under article 7 ‘must extend to corporal punishment, including excessive chas- tisement ordered … as an educative or disciplinary ... See full document