Care Experienced Week 2020
Celebrating the care experienced community from 23rd until 31st October.
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on 22 Oct 2020
Care experienced children and young people’s mental health
ESSS Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of recent evidence relating to care experienced children and young people’s mental health.
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on 12 Oct 2020
Reducing the overcriminalisation of care-experienced young people in Scotland
Towards a model of best practice
Student research which explores how care-experienced people are disproportionately criminalised and over-represented in justice systems.
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on 23 Jul 2020
Children in care and their use of mobile devices and the internet for contact
Insight 53
Examines the growing body of evidence that points to known categories of risk around internet usage by children and young people in care.
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on 3 Jun 2020
Care Review findings published
Independent Care Review reports published to deliver lasting change in Scotland's care system.
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on 6 Feb 2020
Schools, safeguarding and early intervention
ESSS Outline
This evidence summary looks at how schools can support early intervention to prevent children and young people from entering care.
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on 29 Apr 2019
Connecting Voices
Helping young people stay in care for longer and to equip them with the skills needed to make the transition into independent living.
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on 13 Nov 2018
Continuing Care & CO
conversation openers
A tool to support practitioners, individually and in groups, reflect on their views and values when continuing to care for young people who are leaving care.
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on 25 Apr 2018
Child sexual abuse and good practice for social workers
ESSS Outline
Identifies evidence around good practice approaches to investigating child sexual abuse that may minimise harm or distress to children and non-abusing caregivers.
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on 16 Nov 2017
We believe Relationships Matter
This week, at her party conference, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon accepted the Who Cares? Scotland's pledge to listen to 1,000 care experienced young people over the next two years. We were really pleased to hear this - our Relationships Matter work has been around supporting continuing relationships for young people leaving care, which we believe is really important.
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on 21 Oct 2016