Page 3 of Resources tagged with Children

Community-based activities and young people’s wellbeing

ESSS Outline

Examines a wide-range of materials on how community-based interventions have been effective in supporting young people's social and emotional wellbeing.

Published in

Outlines

on 4 Apr 2018

Parental substance misuse and social worker intervention

ESSS Outline

Explores the impact of parental substance misuse on children and identifies evidence around effective methods of intervention for social workers.

Published in

Outlines

on 17 Nov 2017

Child sexual abuse and good practice for social workers

Identifies evidence around good practice approaches to investigating child sexual abuse that may minimise harm or distress to children and non-abusing caregivers.

Published in

Outlines

on 16 Nov 2017

Child protection: listening to and learning from parents

Insight 39

Uses the evidence base to explore how we can learn from parents whose children have been referred, in order to avoid causing harm and provide the best and most helpful support.

Published in

Insights

on 15 Sep 2017

Iriss on… good practice with fathers

Gary Clapton, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh

A conversation with Gary Clapton, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh.

Published in

Iriss on…

on 19 Jun 2017

Good practice with fathers in children and family services

Insight 38

This Insight explores the role that fathers play in the care of children and families.

Published in

Insights

on 8 Jun 2017

Social workers' communication with children and young people in practice

Insight 34

Presents what research tells us about social workers’ communication with children and young people in everyday practice. It also introduces key findings from a UK-wide study of social workers’ communication with children and young people.

Published in

Insights

on 11 Nov 2016

Post-Adoption Central Support

PACS is a small charitable organisation based in Stirling that comprises parents, social workers and other professionals involved in adoption and long-term foster care. It offers a range of post placement support and services to adoptive families and permanent foster carers.

PACS receives a grant from Clackmannan, Falkirk and Stirling Councils to provide its services.

Services it offers include:

Published in

Features

on 27 Apr 2016

How early years trauma affects the brain

The child who mistrusts good care

Dan Hughes summarises how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster and adoptive parents and professionals.

Published in

Videos

on 4 Feb 2016

The child's journey

A guide to the Scottish justice system

An online interactive guide that describes the stages in the criminal justice process for under 18s in Scotland.

Published in

Online learning materials

on 28 Jan 2016