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Social Mobility Barometer

75% of respondents think that there is a large or very large gap between social classes in Britain today, in comparison to 14% who think that there is a small gap. In the North East, around five...

A Connected Scotland

A Connected Scotland is the Scottish Government’s national strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness and building social connections. It establishes a clear and compelling vision of the...

What matters most: Healthwatch England Annual Report 2017-18

Our annual report for 2017-18 provides a summary of the experiences people have shared with Healthwatch and highlights the action we have taken in response. It also gives an overview of the support...

Social Work and Youth: Towards Inclusive Sustainable Development

Constituting over 1.8 billion persons around the world, young people are key agents of change with the potential to push the world towards a better tomorrow. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

Steering Clear of Indecent Images of Children

The Steering Clear campaign aims to educate and empower young men (18-24 years old) to navigate the internet more responsibly by: Building knowledge of how to report sexual images that could be of...

Help at Home: Use of assistive technology for older people

More people are living longer with complex conditions and needs. Technology can help people to stay living well and safely at home as they get older. But technology is changing rapidly and it can be...

How do people access and experience home adaptations?

Written for the Housing Learning and Improvement Network by Philip Hodgson, Dominic Aitken, Cathy Bailey, Gemma Wilson, Linda MacDonald and Craig Wilkinson This report summarises the findings from...

Kindness, emotions and human relationships: The blind spot in public policy

There is growing recognition of the importance of human connection and relationships for individual and societal wellbeing. Values that were previously considered ‘out-of-scope’ – such as kindness,...

Why reducing parental conflict matters for local government

The impact of conflict between parents on children and young people is increasingly recognised at both a local and national level. But what does this agenda mean for staff working in local government?

Improving the home learning environment

The Rt. Hon Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education, set a clear ambition to halve the proportion of children who do not achieve at least expected levels across all goals in the ‘communication...

Childline annual reviews

What children and young people have been talking to Childline about over the last year Our Childline service gives children and young people a safe and confidential space to talk, be listened to and...

Attachment-based Practice with Children, Adults and Families

Joint letter to EU citizens from Cabinet Secretary for Health & Sport and COSLA

Cabinet Secretary for Health & Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP and COSLA write a letter to EU and EEA citizens working in social care in Scotland

What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care’s national event flyer
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Out in the Cold Webinar Materials

UK standing conference 2018 notes

Health matters: reducing health inequalities in mental illness

People with severe and enduring mental illness are at greater risk of poor physical health and reduced life expectancy compared to the general population. This edition of Health matters sets out the...

‘We weren’t set up to deal with this’: how councils have responded to county lines

Drug dealing networks' exploitation of young people has exploded into public consciousness – but what are local authorities doing about it, and where do social workers fit in? Community Care has...

Open letter - The lives we want to lead Jan 2019
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Professional Social Work (PSW) December 2018/January 2019

Still in Harm’s Way

The scale of trafficked and unaccompanied children who go missing from care was first established in 2016, where it was found that child victims of trafficking and unaccompanied children were at high...

Better Mental Health in Scotland

Across society, we see the general understanding of good mental health and wellbeing widen and deepen. In the past, many people were unwilling or unable to discuss their mental ill health and seek...

Children & Young People’s Mental Health Task Force

The Taskforce has been set up with an intentionally limited lifespan of two years. By direct interactions with service providers over that period, we will seek to ensure that the mental health needs...

Fairer Scotland Action Plan

This Plan is our commitment to immediate action in this parliamentary term and to laying the foundations of a longer-term goal for 2030 to create the fairer and more prosperous Scotland we all want...

Coercive control: Impacts on children and young people in the family environment

Author: Danielle McLeod Research in Practice commissioned this literature review from SafeLives in 2018. The review examines research evidence on the impacts on children and young people of coercive...

Edge of Care Cost Calculator: Change Project Report

Over the course of the project, local authority participants highlighted the diversity of approaches being taken to support young people deemed to be on the edge of care and informed our thinking on...

Progressing the Human Rights of Children in Scotland: An Action Plan 2018-2021

Responsibility for taking forward children’s rights is mainstreamed across portfolios within the Scottish Government. The principles of the UNCRC are, therefore, taken into account in the development...

Progressing the Human Rights of Children in Scotland: A Report 2015-2018

This Report has been compiled in accordance with the duties on Scottish Ministers under Part 1, section 1(4) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (CYP Act). These duties require...

Children's social care in England: Debate Pack

Authors: Hannah Cromarty, Alexander Bellis and Rachael Harker On 7 January 2019 there will be a Backbench business debate on children’s social care in England. This will take place in the main...

Therapeutic intervention for children with learning disabilities affected by sexual abuse

Authors: Tricia Jessiman and John Carpenter Children and young people in England with moderate to severe learning disabilities are around six times more likely to have been affected by sexual abuse...

Health of refugee and migrant children

Around one million asylum-seeking children were registered in the European Union (EU) during 2015–2017, of whom 200 000 (one in five) arrived unaccompanied by a caregiver. This technical guidance...

The health impacts of screen time: a guide for clinicians and parents

Our children and young people are 'digital natives' who grow up surrounded by digital information and entertainment on screens. Time spent on screens – from social media to computers and television...

EU Exit Operational Readiness Guidance

The EU Exit Operational Readiness Guidance, developed and agreed with NHS England and Improvement, lists the actions that providers and commissioners of health and care services in England should...

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer, 2018 Health 2040 – Better Health Within Reach

This year for my annual report, I have chosen to focus upon the health of the public in England in 2040. The NHS is often a source of national pride, but despite this, a narrative of health being a...

Out to Play

The Scottish Government knows the importance of the early years of life for a child’s development. That is why we have committed to expanding entitlement to funded early learning and childcare to...

“It Just Grinds You Down”

Author: Joanna Williams Ensuring children behave well in schools is essential. Most fundamentally, good behaviour is necessary to protect the safety of all in a school community. Beyond this, good...

The NHS Long Term Plan

The NHS has been marking its 70th anniversary, and the national debate this has unleashed has centred on three big truths. There’s been pride in our Health Service’s enduring success, and in the...

Supporting carers: Guidance and case studies

Becoming a carer can mean many different things. Some people find themselves providing a few hours of help a week to a family or friend by picking up shopping ortaking them to medical appointments...

National Director – Wales/Cymru Job Description

National Director – Wales/Cymru Person Specification

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