Search Results - subject:"Looked‐after children"

Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children’s homes for welfare reasons

Williams, Annie; Bayfield, Hannah; Elliott, Martin; … - In: Journal of Children’s Services 19 (2024) 1, pp. 38-53

Purpose Using a mixed methodology comprising interviews, case file analysis and descriptive statistics, this study aims to examine the experiences of all 43 young people in Wales subject to secure accommodation orders between 1st April 2016 and 31st March 2018. Design/methodology/approach...

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Parent, carer and professional views of specialist child and adolescent mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Archard, Philip John; Giles, Emma; Moore, Isobel; … - In: Journal of Children’s Services 17 (2022) 4, pp. 251-264

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report findings from a service evaluation undertaken within a single specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) team. The team works closely with local authority children’s services to serve specific populations recognised as...

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Guest editorial

Munro, Emily R.; Skouteris, Helen; Newlands, Fiona; … - In: Journal of Children's Services 16 (2021) 3, pp. 177-183

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The language and policy of care and parenting: Understanding the uncertainty about key players’ roles in foster care provision

Hollin, Gregory; Larkin, Michael - In: Children and Youth Services Review 33 (2011) 11, pp. 2198-2206

Recent debates about the care provided to looked-after children have been characterised by uncertainty about the …

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Reconnecting care and education: from the Children Act 1989 to Care Matters

Jackson, Sonia - In: Journal of Children's Services 5 (2010) 3, pp. 48-60

so difficult to narrow the gap in attainment between looked‐after children and others. …

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Looked‐after children placed in externally purchased residential care

Bullock, Roger - In: Journal of Children's Services 4 (2009) 3, pp. 34-48

In the desire to improve outcomes for children in care, the issue of those individuals placed by local authorities in residential establishments run by external agencies has become especially salient. In addition to questions of quality and value for money, there are concerns about children...

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Developing a process for assessment of the emotional and behavioural needs of “looked after” children: the Five Rivers model

Beckett, Celia; Cross, Richard; Hewitt-Taylor, Jaqui; … - In: Journal of Children's Services 10 (2015) 4, pp. 324-338

the emotional and behavioural needs of “looked after children”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a technical … existing tools. Findings – The paper identifies a model to assess “looked after” children and highlights some of the early … timeframe to ensure that detailed assessments of the mental health of “looked after” children are effectively carried out …

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The science of a good childhood: a review of Volume 2 of the Journal of Children's Services

Axford, Nick; Crewe, Emma; Domitrovich, Celene; … - In: Journal of Children's Services 3 (2008) 4, pp. 46-58

This article reviews the contents of the previous year's editions of the Journal of Children's Services (Volume 2, 2007), as requested by the Journal's editorial board. It draws out some of the main messages for how high‐quality scientific research can help build good childhoods in western...

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The potential of secondary data sources to explore the life chances of looked‐after children in the care system in the UK

Attar, Shalhevet; Parker, Gillian; Wade, Jim - In: Journal of Children's Services 2 (2007) 2, pp. 39-47

available to investigate long‐term outcomes for looked‐after children in the UK. This article describes these databases and the … use made of them by researchers exploring the life chances of looked‐after children. It also identifies the advantages as …

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Outcomes among young adults placed in therapeutic residential care as children

Gallagher, Bernard; Green, Adam - In: Journal of Children's Services 8 (2013) 1, pp. 31-51

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to advance knowledge concerning outcomes among the former residents of therapeutic children's homes, especially those located in England. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 16 young adults who had been resident in one of seven therapeutic homes...

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