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Consultation findings for the BEAD project

This report outlines and discusses findings from a consultation conducted by Cruse and Adfam in 2014 into the experiences and views of people bereaved through drug and alcohol use. Its purpose was to...

Mental Capacity Act including DoLS

The Department of Health (DH) recently estimated that 70 per cent of those who use social care services may lack mental capacity for some decisions. The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 promotes a...

A manual for good social work practice: Supporting adults who have dementia

This manual is designed to assist its readers with the very practical and sometimes complicated issues that they may experience in their practice with adults who have different types and stages of...

Child neglect and Pathways Triple P: an evaluation of an NSPCC service offered to parents where initial concerns of neglect have been noted

Triple P® is a widely known, well researched, multi-level programme of family interventions for parents of children who have, or are at risk of developing, behavioural problems. The NSPCC is for the...

Evidence based decisions in child neglect: An evaluation of an exploratory approach to assessment using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale

The evidence-based decision-making (EBD) review service seeks to improve evidence, understanding and decision making in complex cases of neglect known to local authorities. The key evaluation finding...

National Evaluation of the Graded Care Profile

The GCP scale was developed by Dr Srivastava in the early 1990s as a practical tool to give an objective measure of the care of children across all areas of need. The profile gives an indication of...

Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Graded Care Profile version 2 (GCP2)

Graded Care Profile (GCP) is a way of helping social workers understand how well a child is being cared for. GCP helps social workers spot things that might be putting a child at risk of harm by...

Realising the potential: tackling child neglect in universal services

Child neglect is a prolific and pressing challenge for policy makers, practitioners and society as a whole. It is the most common reason for a child to be on a child protection plan in England and...

Briefing: The Health and Care of Older People in England 2015

The purpose of this publication is to present the most authoritative and up to date facts and figures available concerning older people’s health and care needs in England and how those needs are...

Prevent, Reduce, Delay: Are Councils Meeting their New Duties to Support Unpaid Carers?

Under the new Care Act (Department of Health, 2014a) local authorities now have a duty to provide services to carers that prevent, reduce, or delay them developing a need for support. Carers Trust...

ict & me: A research study examining how young people’s use of ICT and the amount of screentime impacts on GCSE attainment

In January 2012, the National Children’s Bureau Northern Ireland (NCB NI) were successful following a bid submission to an open research call by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First...

Health and Care Quality Systems in practice: A guide for local leaders

Quality is ‘everyone’s business’ and different players have different roles in the system. This guidance suggests that the key to success is to ensure effective coordination at local level, whilst...

A home is much more than a house: Integrated approaches for the housing, health and care needs of vulnerable adults

The Care Act The Care Act 2014 is a landmark piece of legislation bringing together, into a single coherent statute, the provision and funding of care and support, the effect of which is intended to...

Overseen but often overlooked: Children and Young People ‘Looked After at Home’ in Scotland

This report is part of a series of documents outlining the findings of a study funded by Barnardo’s Scotland and conducted by researchers from the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in...

Overseen but often overlooked: Children and Young People ‘Looked After at Home’ in Scotland

This document is the first report from a study commissioned by Barnardo’s Scotland. The study explores experiences, needs and outcomes for children and young people in Scotland who are (or have been...

Overseen but often overlooked: Children and Young People ‘Looked After at Home’ in Scotland

More than 5,000 children and young people are looked after at home in Scotland; this represents around a third of all looked after children. Children and young people looked after at home are subject...

Isolation and Solitary Confinement of Children in the English Youth Justice Secure Estate

The Children’s Commissioner for England (CCE) is a public body led by Anne Longfield OBE. Her aim is to promote and protect children’s rights in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the...

Unlocking potential: A study of the isolation of children in custody in England

Though England and Wales has historically locked up more children than any other European countries, in recent years the custodial population has fallen – whereas around 3,000 children were in...

Alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and people in return procedures

In the context of its work in the area of migration, asylum and borders, FRA is today publishing a new paper, Alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and people in return procedures. The paper...

Extending the early years entitlement: Costings, concerns and alternatives

This report examines how best to deliver the proposed extension to the free offer of childcare hours. It also presents our recommendations for more strategic alternatives to the extension, and...

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