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Better support for care leavers

Features

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| CYP Now

Councils must focus more on their corporate parenting role for care leavers in 2019, says DfE expert.

Ending the Criminalisation of Children in Residential Care - Good Practice in Children's Homes

Research

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Over the last two years, Howard League has conducted extensive qualitative research on good practice in the prevention of criminalisation of children in residential care. This report is based on its research findings.

Inspections Clinic: Unregulated vs unregistered care

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

There is much confusion about what constitutes unregistered and unregistered care, the difference between such provision and if and in what circumstances it can be used, explains Jo Stephenson.

Staying Put: solutions to the fall

Features

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Experts explain how to reverse the decline in the number of fostered children in Staying Put places.

A critical review of qualitative research into the experiences of young adults leaving foster care services

Research

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper qualitatively analyses children and young people's narratives (drawn from nine studies) of their experiences of transitions from care to independent living.

University challenge: help for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely to attend university than their peers. Experts explore what support needs to be in place for them to access the benefits of higher education.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Rolling Out RESuLT: Facilitators' Experiences Delivering a First-of-its-Kind Evidence-based Intervention Training for Residential Workers

Research

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

This paper looks at the implementation of RESuLT, a vocational training programme for children's homes staff that consists of 10 half-day sessions with additional support for supervisors.