The What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care held an excellent webinar earlier this week on “Actively involving children and families in identifying needs and planning support”… Read More
Who cares for those leaving care? Care-leaver experiences during COVID-19
This webinar shares findings of research undertaken with care-leavers about their experiences during COVID-19 and lockdown… Read More
‘A Portrait of Care’: Combating the negative stereotypes people have about children in care
A Portrait of Care’ is a collaboration with the University of Southampton, Widening Participation Department. The project will form an online exhibition via Instagram using self-portraiture as a way to combat the negative stereotypes people have about children in care… Read More
Online services, mental health & wellbeing of the care-experienced
Research is required to understand how interventions can transition to online or blended (a mixture of face-to-face and online) delivery, what models are perceived to work most effectively… Read More
Promoting the education of looked-after children: Statutory guidance for local authorities
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after children’s aspirations to achieve in further and higher education… Read More
Allowances Report 2019-20 for Northern Ireland
All foster carers receive a weekly fostering allowance from their fostering service when they have a child in placement, which is designed to cover the cost of caring for a fostered child… Read More
Children in care in Northern Ireland
This publication presents information on children in Northern Ireland who have been looked after continuously for 12 months or longer at 30 September each year… Read More
Strategy for Looked After Children: Improving children’s lives
This is the strategy document which delineates the N. Ireland strategy in improving the lives of Looked After Children… Read More
Mind your health: The health of looked after children & young people in Northern Ireland
The Mind Your Health study is a Queen’s University study, supported by a grant from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM)… Read More
The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Bring together the care planning services offered to children looked after at home, with the care provision required when children are separated from their birth parents… Read More
