Social workers feel unable to engage meaningfully with care review
Social workers have raised concerns that there is a pre-existing agenda to the independent care review, and warned of the difficulties they have experienced in terms of being able to meaningfully engage with the process.
BASW members described the perceived pre-existing agenda of the independent review as “minds being made up”, “just another cost-cutting exercise”, [...]
Sure Start delivered long-lasting health benefits for children
The Sure Start Programme has delivered long-lasting health benefits for children through their teenage years, with the savings from reduced hospitalisations up to age 15 offsetting around 31% of spending on the programme.
Sure Start Children’s Centres, which were established in 1999, brought together health, parenting support, childcare and parental employment services into a one-stop [...]
Spending Review needs joint bid to focus on vulnerable children
The House of Lords Public Services Committee has urged a joint funding bid in the next government Spending Review to address the causes of child vulnerability.
The Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care and Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government should work together on a joint bid for funding in the [...]
Update on Redress Scheme: two organisations will run scheme
Two separate organisations will manage Scotland’s Redress Scheme for survivors of historical abuse when it opens later in 2021.
A new division of the Scottish government will provide application forms and support applications, however, a new body Redress Scotland will be responsible for making decisions on applications.
“Both the Scottish government Redress Division and Redress Scotland [...]
Children displaying HSB often experienced abuse and neglect
Neglect and abuse often features in childhood histories of children displaying harmful sexual behaviour, research has found.
The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) has published a report examining the childhoods of children who display Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB), finding clear evidence of neglect and abuse.
“When children who display HSB are examined in [...]
Pilot aims to provide local authorities with feedback from care experienced young people
A new pilot project aimed at providing local authorities with a better understanding of care experienced young people has been launched in Scotland.
Unhappy Children Sitting On Floor In Corner At HomeThe Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection has announced a new partnership with Coram Voice to bring two established surveys of young [...]
