Children are made subject to a Child Protection Plan when they are deemed to be at risk of significant harm. Central to the implementation of a Child Protection Plan… Read More
How safe are our children?
For the past six years our annual How safe are our children? report has compiled and analysed data from across the UK to show the current child protection landscape… Read More
Move on up: Supporting young adult carers to take steps to independence
Most people tend to think of carers as adults looking after their parents, spouse or children. However, thousands of young people take on the responsibility of unpaid care… Read More
Advisory Panels and Consultations
Review details of recent consultations and opportunities to be involved in Advisory Panels and Groups. Read More
What role does agency play in shaping the educational journeys of ‘older’ care-experienced adults?
This blog post outlines key findings from an article Eavan published with her PhD supervisor, Professor Robbie Gilligan, drawing on her PhD research exploring the educational pathways of care-experienced adults in Ireland… Read More
Exploring reasons care leavers choose not to access higher education
Government attitudes towards increasing support for care leavers have been moving in a positive direction during the last decade… Read More
Leicestershire Cares does Masterchef
Following the Easter break, the Leaving Care team invited local chef Sandie Vara to run a live cookalong with our care leavers. We put together a menu that consisted of an authentic… Read More
Children and Young People
The following research and reviews of practice are related to topics in children and young people. Read More
Assessing Parental Capacity to Change when Children are on the Edge of Care: an overview of current research evidence
Assessing Parental Capacity to Change when Children are on the Edge of Care is an overview of current research evidence, bringing together some of the key research messages concerning factors which promote or inhibit parental capacity to change in families where there are significant child protection concerns. Read More
Contested cultures of care: Research with and for the Plus One Community on the Plus One Experience
RESEARCH REPORT Authors: Alex Nunn, Tamsin Bowers-Brown, Tom Dodsley, Jade Murden, Tonimarie Benaton, Alix Manning-Jones, The Plus One Community Year: June 2019 Summary: This study was funded by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Collaborative Outreach Progamme (DANCOP). It focusses mainly on a series of holiday workshops run by the Derby Cultural Education Partnership (CEP) for young… Read More
