However, when newborn babies, disabled children and young people drawn into violent criminal gangs are all termed vulnerable, is the word used so freely and vaguely that it loses its impact? And how does it feel to be on the receiving end of a label applied to children and young people in such varying circumstances?
We decided it was time that young people themselves had a say.
As part of the Living Assessments research programme, a collaboration between University of Cambridge, University of Kent and the National Children’s Bureau in conjunction with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children and the British Association of Social Workers, we are keen to understand young people’s experience of social care assessments. Asking a group of young people to share their experiences of the v-word was an interesting way to add to the work.
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