A guest blog by Vivienne Laing of the NSPCC as part of our Spring Conference Series: Reducing the need for children to be in care. Read More
No two gangs are alike: The digital divide in street gangs’ differential adaptations to social media.
Article Review by Nina Maxwell on the article – No two gangs are alike: The digital divide in street gangs’ differential adaptations to social media. Read More
Does intensive family preservation reduce care?
A blog as part of our Spring Conference Series: Reducing the need for children to be in care. This blog was written by Zoe Bezeckzy – Does intensive family preservation reduce care? Read More
What does the evidence say? Results of a scoping review
A blog as part of our Spring Conference Series: Reducing the need for children to be in care. The blog was written by Lorna Stabler -What does the evidence say? Results of a scoping review Read More
Children living with parental substance misuse: A cross‐sectional profile of children and families referred to children’s social care
Article review by Dr Donald Forrester on the article: Children living with parental substance misuse: A cross‐sectional profile of children and families referred to children’s social care. Read More
Judging parental competence: A cross-country analysis of judicial decision makers’ written assessment of mothers’ parenting capacities in newborn removal cases
Article review by Dr David Wilkins on the article: Judging parental competence: A cross-country analysis of judicial decision makers’ Read More
Implementing Routine Outcome Monitoring in Statutory Children’s Services
Article Review by Dr David Wilkins on the article: Implementing Routine Outcome Monitoring in Statutory Children’s Services Read More
International Parent Advocacy Network
In addition to featured speakers, we will present a voice recording of the experiences of a number of the parent representatives on the steering group, their views on their experiences of children’s social care, and what has been most significant in their journey… Read More
Black and minority ethnic carers
There is a dearth of research with Black and Minority Ethnic carers. Little is known about the experiences of this group, and their access to and take up of formal and informal support… Read More
Working in partnership with families through participative meetings
There are several models for involving family members in decision making where there are concerns about a child, rather than key decisions being made in a professionally-led case conference… Read More