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Maltreatment and Allegations of Maltreatment in Foster Care. A Review of the Evidence

Both unfounded allegations of maltreatment by foster carers and actual maltreatment of children in foster care are matters of serious concern. Yet despite the importance of these issues, there is...

Means to an End

Councils and NHS bodies must work together to provide responsive services for people who need both health and social care. This report examines how they jointly fund such partnerships and the impact...

Measuring the difference

Making the case for the difference that social work can make to people’s lives, Colin Pritchard and Richard Williams outline their research into the outcomes for looked after children compared with...

Minding your PQs

Clare Jerrom takes a look at what Munro’s proposed reforms might mean for post-qualification training, especially in England, considering the potential benefits and the barriers to success in raising...

Mindsets and Mechanisms

This report is based on research commissioned by CfBT Education Trust and conducted by the National Youth Agency in 2010–11. It was designed to establish how arrangements for creating Integrated...

Mixed Communities

There are a number of reasons why mixed communities might be attractive: to promote a more egalitarian or socially cohesive society; to encourage racial or religious integration; and to create more ‘...

Living in Children’s Residential Homes Summary

Residential care for children looked after by local authorities has changed significantly in recent years. The sector has shrunk in size and it now caters mainly for an older troubled and troublesome...

Living in Children's Residential Homes

This short study provides an insight into the nature of children’s residential homes, the characteristics and circumstances of the young people who live in them and on the short-term outcomes for...

How is parenting style related to child antisocial behaviour?

This study examined in detail 278 families living in inner city areas who had children at higher risk of poor social and academic outcomes due to antisocial behaviour. The children were aged 4-7,...

Evaluation of the Staying Put: 18+ Family Placement Pilot Programme Interim Report

Care Matters: Time for Change proposed piloting arrangements to provide young people „who have an established familial relationship with their foster carers the opportunity to continue to stay with...

Evaluation of the Staying Put: 18 Plus Family Placement Programme: Final report

The Staying Put: 18+ Family Placement Programme pilot (staying put) began in 11 local authorities in July 2008 and ended in March 2011. Staying put is targeted at young people who have ‘established...

Staying Put 18+ Family Placement Programme

National Care Advisory Service - Staying Put The Staying Put: 18+ Family Placement Programme offers young people in foster care the opportunity to remain with their carers until they reach 21, so...

Persistent challenges to providing quality care

In 2004 and 2010, the RCN carried out surveys of its members who work in care homes. Both survey findings (RCN, 2004 and RCN, 2010) identified the same, worrying challenges to providing quality care...

Rights and reality

Enjoying equal access to goods and services must be seen as a basic right – it cannot be acceptable for disabled people to be denied access to services simply because of their impairment. It is the...

The contribution of social work and social care to the reduction of health inequalities

The concept of health inequalities refers to the avoidable health disadvantage people experience as a result of adverse social factors, such as lack of economic or social capital, or marginalisation...

The state of the adult social care workforce in England, 2010 executive summary

This latest edition of Skills for Care’s State of the Adult Social Care Workforce is the most comprehensive yet and contains new information on the complex workforce which provides social care for...

Social work assessment of children in need: what do we know? Messages from research

The review identified the increasing range of knowledge and skills needed when undertaking assessments. It also highlighted factors that contribute to or inhibit effective practice and the production...

Mental health and social work

Providing effective social support for people with mental health problems is a key challenge in an environment where the views of people who use services are seen as increasingly significant, where...

Youth homelessness in the UK

This study is the first UK-wide review of youth homelessness for a decade. Supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the review was conducted by the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York,...

Human Rights Review 2012

This landmark review assesses how well these rights are protected in Britain. It is the first review of its kind since the introduction of the Human Rights Act, and takes the opportunity to look at...

An Action Plan for Adoption: Tackling Delay

In this Action Plan, we set out our proposals for tackling delay in the adoption system. It outlines what this Government intends to do to accelerate the whole adoption process so that more children...

High Need Families Project: Development and piloting a new parenting intervention (The Helping Families Programme) for children with severe and persistent conduct problems.

The Helping Families Programme is targeted specifically at the small but significant number of families with multiple problems, where chaotic parenting is likely to give rise to disruptive antisocial...

Workforce risks and opportunities: Social workers

This information has been collated to provide an overview of the supply and demand of social workers over the next three to five years. It considers the key factors influencing the estimation of...

Your Human Rights: A guide for disabled people

This guide provides practical information about human rights, and their relevance to disabled people. It is written directly for disabled people. The guide will also be useful for people working with...

Your Human Rights: A guide for people living with mental health problems

This guide provides practical information about human rights, and their relevance to mental health. It is written directly for people living with mental health problems. The guide will also be useful...

Your Human Rights: a guide for refugees and asylum seekers

This guide provides practical information about human rights, and their relevance for refugees and asylum seekers. It is written directly for refugees and asylum seekers. The guide will also be...

Your Human Rights: A guide for older people

This guide provides practical information about human rights, and their relevance to older people. It is written directly for older people. The guide will also be useful for people working with older...

Younger Children's Views

The Children's Rights Director for England has the duty by law to ask children and young people in care for their views about their rights their welfare and how they are looked after in England.

Young People’s Guide to the Family Justice Review

Family justice’ describes the work done by courts that make important decisions affecting children and families.

Young People’s Aspirations in Rural Areas

The LG Group commissioned the NFER to research young people’s aspirations in three rural local authorities (LAs): Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Cumbria. The aim was to explore the influence and impact of...

Framework for the inspection of local authority arrangements for the protection of children

This document outlines the framework for the inspection of local authority arrangements to protect children, including the effectiveness of early identification and help for children, young people,...

Health care in care homes

The aim of this review was to look at how well the health care needs of people living in care homes were met, based on commissioning and provider behaviours. The scope for the review set out to...

Think child, think parent, think family: final evaluation report

The mental health and wellbeing of children and adults in families where a parent has a mental health problem are closely linked. Not all families need health and social care services. However, those...

Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare

Parents with mental health problems and their children are a group with complex needs. Not all parents and children will need the support of health and social care services but those that do can find...

Young people, alcohol and the media

This report presents findings of a mixed-method study exploring how alcohol is represented in media consumed by young people, young people’s own interpretations of these representations, and the...

Working together for older people in rural areas

Older people in rural areas are generally considered better off than those in urban areas. However, this study reveals that those who are vulnerable or at risk of social exclusion experience rates of...

Working for personalised care

This document provides a framework for supporting the development of the PA workforce and their employers over the next five years and beyond.

Work and worklessness in deprived neighbourhoods

This study contrasts policy assumptions about work and worklessness with the personal experiences of residents living in deprived neighbourhoods.

Women, faith and social cohesion

This report examines the role of women and faith in building cohesive communities and provides models for developing and evaluating social cohesion activity.

Why we should embrace the target culture

Seamus Logan, Assistant Director of the new Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Board, offered the keynote address to the BASW Northern Ireland Annual Meeting in May, urging social workers to...

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