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Week ending 24 May 2013
| | | Academic achievement, violent victimization, and bullying among U.S. high school students. |
| | Analyses data from the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 16,353 adolescents, to examine the relationship between violent victimisation and academic achievement. Key findings include: males earning mostly Ds or Fs had increased odds of having been injured in a fight or threatened compared to males who earned mostly As or Bs; females earning mostly Ds or Fs had increased odds of having been bullied, threatened or violently victimised by an intimate partner when compared to females who earned mostly As or Bs. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Vol.28, Iss.7) May 2013 pp 1424-1436 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Bart Hammig and Kristen Jozkowski |
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| | | Association between self-control and school bullying behaviors among Macanese adolescents. |
| | Survey of 365 participants, aged between 10 and 17 years, in two boys schools in China. The survey used the Illinois Bully Scale and the Self-Control Scale to measure bullying behaviours and self-control respectively. The research established a negative link between bullying and levels of self-control and recommends finding ways to increase young people's self-control to reduce their bullying behaviour. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol. 37, Iss. 4) January 11 2013 pp 237-242 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Wing Hong Chui and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan |
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| | | Association between types of involvement in school bullying and different dimensions of anxiety symptoms and the moderating effects of age and gender in Taiwanese adolescents. |
| | Study examining the associations between various types of school bullying involvement experiences with different dimensions of anxiety symptoms on the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC). Study involved 5537 adolescents answering questions on the school bullying experience questionnaire and MASC respectively. Findings include victims of all types of bullying reported more severe anxiety symptoms. Perpetrators of verbal and relational bullying reported more severe physical and anxiety symptoms than non-perpetrators of these types of bullying. Perpetrators of physical bullying reported less severe anxiety symptoms than non-perpetrators of this type of bullying. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol.37, Iss.4) April 2013 pp 263-272 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Cheng-Fang Yen, Mei-Feng Huang, Young Shin Kim, Peng-Wei Wang, Tze-Chun Tang, Yi-Chun Yeh, Huang-Chi Lin, Tai-Ling Liu, Yu-Yu Wu and Pinchen Yang |
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| | | Developmental trajectories of bullying and social dominance in youth. |
| | Study following participants from late childhood to early adolescence to try and establish if there is a developmental relationship between bullying and higher levels of social dominance and resource control. Findings indicate that higher levels of bullying lead to higher levels of social dominance, but do not support the view that socially dominant children engage in bullying to maintain their position. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol. 37, Iss. 4) April 2013 pp 224-234 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Albert Reijntjes, Marjolijn Vermande, Frits A. Goossens, Tjeert Olthof, Rens Van de Schoot, Liesbeth Aleva and Matty van der Meulen |
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| | | Prevalence and correlates of sibling victimization types. |
| | Study documenting the prevalence and factors associated with sibling victimisation, including physical, property and psychological abuse, by a resident juvenile sibling. The children in the survey were aged between one month and 17 years. Data was collected through telephone interviews with adult caregivers and children. Sibling victimisation rates were at 37.6% for the full sample, the highest rates of 46% was amongst the 6 to 9 age group. Rates were higher for males, white children, siblings close in age and brother-brother relationships. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol. 37, Iss. 4) April 2013 pp 213-223 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Corinna Jenkins Tucker, David Finkelhor, Anne M. Shattuck and Heather Turner |
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| | | School violence, social support and psychological health among Taiwanese junior high school students. |
| | Study examining the association between school victimisation and student psychological health among 1650 junior high students in Taiwan. It also examines how gender and ethnicity differ in the interrelationship of school violence, peer social support and psychological health. Data was obtained through a structured questionnaire and findings indicate that student psychological health is not directly associated with victimisation by students. However student psychological health is indirectly associated with victimisation by students, mediated through peer support. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol.37, Iss.4) April 2013 pp 252-262 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Ji-Kang Chen and Hsi-sheng Wei |
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| | | Violence, bullying and academic achievement: a study of 15-year-old adolescents and their school environment. |
| | Study of a sample of 7,343 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 16 in 56 schools in Oslo, Norway. Investigated associations between violence, sexual abuse, bullying, classmate relationships, teacher support and academic achievement. Findings indicate that bullying, sexual abuse and violence were all associated with significantly lower grades. Findings also demonstrated that students in schools with higher levels of bullying performed worse academically. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol.37, Iss.4) April 2013 pp 243-251 |
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| | Authors: | Ida Frugård Strøm, Siri Thoresen, Tore Wenzel-Larsen and Grete Dyb |
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| | | Initial validation of the Spanish childhood trauma questionnaire-short form: factor structure, reliability and association with parenting. |
| | Examines the internal consistency, factor structure and association between subscales and parenting style, of the Spanish version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF). Found initial support for the reliability and validity of the Spanish CTQ-SF, which showed adequate psychometric properties and a good fit of the 5-factor structure. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Vol.28, Iss.7) May 2013 pp 1498-1518 |
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| | Authors: | Jose Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes, Arnoud Arntz, David P. Bernstein, David Gallardo-Pujol, Ana M. Gaviria, Ana Hernandez, Antonio Labad, Noemi Pereda and Joaquín Valero |
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| | | Reform to prosecution of abuse. |
| | Outlines proposed reforms to the way the justice system responds to claims of child sexual abuse (CSA). Reforms aim to review and streamline guidance to investigating and prosecuting CSA cases, introduce a training programme for professionals and establish a review process for past decisions. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Young People Now 2-15 April 2013 pp 29 |
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| | Authors: | Kara Apland |
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| | | What contributes to outcomes for neglected children who are reunified with their parents?: findings from a five-year follow-up study. |
| | Reports on children's outcomes in terms of stability and well-being from a five-year follow up study of 138 neglected children in England who had been looked after and reunified. Found that almost two-thirds of returns had broken down at five years and identified high rates of repeat neglect and abuse. Makes recommendations for earlier intervention, more protective and proactive action and case management that prioritises safeguarding and planning. |
| | Publication Details: | British Journal of Social Work (Vol.43, No.3) April 2013 pp 559-578 |
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| | Authors: | Eleanor Lutman and Elaine Farmer |
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| | | Case management in young and other vulnerable witness cases. |
| | Good practice guidance for lawyers preparing for trial in cases involving young and vulnerable witnesses and defendants. Divided into two sections, covering: Instructions, listing and other tasks and Witness needs, wishes and special measures. |
| | Publication Details: | [Hitchin, Hertfordshire]: Lexicon, 2013 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | Advocacy Training Council (ATC) |
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| | | Conflicting rights: English adoption law and the implementation of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. |
| | Considers the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and explores relevant case law under it. Focuses on the Act in relation to the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), particularly on the implications of the Act for a child's relationship with their birth parents. Argues that the judicial approach to the Act has not necessarily been compatible with aspects of the Convention. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Law Quarterly (Vol.25, No.1) 2013 pp 40-60 |
| | Authors: | Brian Sloan |
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| | | Scotland's Hearings System: a work in progress? |
| | Outlines reforms approved by Scottish Parliament in the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011. Reforms aim to reduce youth custody numbers and children in the criminal justice system, improve consistency in decisions and ensure that children's voices are heard with the introduction of more advocacy support. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Young People Now 16-29 April 2013 pp 22-23 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Sam Phipps |
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Child and family services |
| | | Troubled families: vulnerable families' experiences of multiple service use. |
| | Examines the experiences and perspectives of vulnerable families with complex and enduring needs and discusses the implications that these may have for public policy and social work practice. Argues for the development of more nuanced practice with vulnerable families, taking account of diverse family dynamics and the ways in which vulnerable families may engage with social workers. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Social Work (Vol.18, Iss.2) May 2013 pp 198-206 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Kate Morris |
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Child health, development and welfare |
| | | Making not breaking: building relationships for our most vulnerable children. |
| | Report detailing the findings and recommendations of the Care Inquiry, launched in the House of Commons on 30 April 2013. Recommendations are presented in five categories, covering: relationships, involvement, transitions, workforce development and system change. Report urges the Government to treat all care options as equally valid and not to let the drive towards increasing adoption rates lead to lack of investment in improving other forms of care. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: The Care Inquiry, 2013 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | The Care Inquiry |
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| | | The views and recommendations of children and young people involved in the Care Inquiry. |
| | Findings from four focus groups including children and young people with experience of different forms of care. Participants were asked what makes a place feel like home to them and how people could help them find and maintain a home. Focus groups indicated: a wish to be viewed and treated as individuals by carers and decision makers; to have someone whom they trust and who knows them well; to be given information, options and choice on decisions; and to be looked after by consistent carers. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: The Care Inquiry, 2013 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | The Care Inquiry |
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| | | Understanding permanence for looked after children: a review of research for the Care Inquiry. |
| | Research review examining permanence for looked after children; produced to inform the objectives of the Care Inquiry to investigate how best to provide stable and permanent homes for looked after children. Addresses: the need for a meaningful definition of permanence, meeting the needs of a diverse population, reunification, kinship foster care and the importance of listening to children's wishes. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: The Care Inquiry, 2013 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Janet Boddy |
| | Corporate Authors: | The Care Inquiry |
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| | | Children and society policy review: health policy affecting children and young people. |
| | Outlines the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Discusses changes to the relationship between primary and secondary healthcare and examines how looked after children will be affected by these changes. Identifies potential problems, including the complex and changeable nature of the new financial and regulatory structures and practitioner confusion as to the accountability structures for child protection. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Society (Vol.27, Iss.3) May 2013 pp 233-239 |
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| | Authors: | Doug Simkiss |
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| | | Responding to self-harm: a documentary analysis of agency policy and procedure. |
| | Analysis of the policies and procedures in relation to self-harm, of a range of organisations working with children and young people across the United Kingdom. Explores the availability of policies and procedures to service providers and presents a wider understanding of self-harm and approaches to helping children and young people who present with this problem. Argues for the need to define appropriate and supportive agency responses from a trained staff that is both sensitive and individualised. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Society (Vol.27, Iss.3) May 2013 pp 184-196 |
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| | Authors: | Sally Paul and Malcolm Hill |
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| | | Surplus suffering: the search for help when a child has mental-health issues. |
| | Examines the socially constructed experiences of mothers whose children were diagnosed with one or more mental health or developmental issue. Describes the problems that mothers identified in their children's development/mental health, the coping strategies mothers then employed and the ways in which they managed and socialised their children and the processes by which women sought professional assistance and diagnosis. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Social Work (Vol.18, Iss.2) May 2013 pp 217-225 |
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| | Authors: | Juanne N. Clarke |
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| | | Symptoms of mental health problems: children’s and adolescents’ understandings and implications for gender differences in help seeking. |
| | Presents the findings from 25 focus groups with 90 Scottish primary and secondary school children. Examines gender and age differences in children and adolescents' understanding of symptoms of mental health problems and their beliefs around help-seeking behaviours. Focus groups reported that the symptoms of mental health problems were understood as 'rare' and 'weird'. Participants suggested that they would delay or avoid disclosing symptoms of mental health problems as they perceived that peers, teachers and parents would respond in stigmatising ways. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Society (Vol.27, Iss.3) May 2013 pp 161-173 |
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| | Authors: | Alice MacLean, Kate Hunt and Helen Sweeting |
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| | | What is well-being and why does it matter? |
| | Discusses wellbeing, how it is measured and its impact on outcomes. Outlines New Philanthropy Capital's in-house wellbeing measure, an online survey tool that organisations can use to track changes in children and young people's wellbeing and measure the impact of their services in the context of a national baseline. |
| | Publication Details: | Outlook (Iss.55) Spring 2013 pp 8-9 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Laura Finch and Catherine Boulton |
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| | | A tale worth telling. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Tells the story of David who is unsure where to turn for help when his football coach shouts at him and hurts his arm. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to feel comfortable asking for help. Aimed at 4-7 year olds. |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764603 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLJ JDD EQN |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Charlene's choice. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Follows Charlene as she must make a decision between doing the right thing and risking angering a friend or pretending nothing is wrong. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to learn how to make positive choices. Aimed at 4-7 year olds |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2001 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764474 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLG IN |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Children do matter…a report based on feedback from consultation undertaken by Council for Mosques (Bradford) with Masajid and Madaaris representatives, Imams, faith teachers, parents and other stakeholders. |
| | Report outlining recommendations drawn from a consultation on how to keep children attending Masajid and Madaaris safe and secure. Includes recommendations for the development of a toolkit to help Madaaris develop child protection policies, covering: staff recruitment, reporting bad practice, recognising signs of child abuse, and health and safety at work regulations. |
| | Publication Details: | [Bradford]: Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB), [2013] |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Ishtiaq Ahmed and Azra Riasat |
| | Corporate Authors: | Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) NSPCC Bradford Council’s Children’s Services West Yorkshire Police Farnham Primary School West Bowling Advice Centre Bradford City Project |
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| | | It's no joke, my telephone broke. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Follows a group of children learning about the importance of communication through engaging in a listening game, 'Telephone'. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to develop their communication skills. Aimed at 4-7 year olds |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2001 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764450 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLG IN |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Now I see how great I can be. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Niron recounts the story of how he learnt to sew at school and how good it makes him feel to learn new skills, even if they are hard to do at first. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to develop self-esteem. Aimed at 4-7 year olds |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2001 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764467 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QGI JW |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Respect is correct. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Follows Jennie as she learns the importance of respecting others and treating them the way they want to be treated. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to learn the importance of respect. Aimed at 4-7 year olds. |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764566 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QGI JW |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Sam speaks out. |
| | Picture book that accompanies the I'm a Great Little Kid programme, addressing basic concepts aimed at strengthening the skills and abilities that lessen children's vulnerability to abusive situations. Tells the story of Sam, who feels uncomfortable about the way an older boy touches him and gains the confidence to tell his parents. Includes suggestions for how parents can support children to talk about touching. Aimed at 4-7 year olds. |
| | Publication Details: | Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002 |
| | ISBN: | 9781896764573 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLJ JDD EQN |
| | Authors: | Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus |
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| | | Taking stock: safeguarding in health. |
| | Discusses the impact of NHS reforms and the statutory guidance, Working together to safeguard children (2013) on safeguarding practices in the public health system. Highlights the need for interagency cooperation and the role of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in informing Health and Wellbeing Boards. |
| | Publication Details: | Outlook (Iss.55) Spring 2013 pp 6-7 |
| | Authors: | Jo Webber |
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| | | Working together to safeguard children: key revisions explained. |
| | Outlines revisions to the statutory guidance, Working together to safeguard children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (2013). Discusses safeguarding boards, serious case reviews, assessments and early intervention. Provides a breakdown of what the guidance says by sector. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Young People Now 2-15 April 2013 pp 8-9 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Neil Puffett |
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Children's rights, participation and attitudes |
| | | Doctrinal incoherence or practical problem?: minor parents consenting to their offspring's medical treatment and involvement in research in England and Wales. |
| | Explores how the law in England and Wales addresses the dual, parent-child status of minors who become parents. Considers this potential conflict of rights in the context of adolescent parents consenting to their child undergoing medical treatment or participating in medical research. Argues that 16-and 17-year-olds should be presumed to have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and be able to consent. Suggests that parents under 16-years-old should have supportive guardians, following the model of special guardianship, to help facilitate their decision-making. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Law Quarterly (Vol.25, No.1) 2013 pp 1-18 |
| | Authors: | Sara Fovargue |
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| | | Factors contributing to ongoing intimate partner abuse: childhood betrayal trauma and dependence on one’s perpetrator. |
| | Explores the relationship between childhood betrayal trauma (BT) and the risk of ongoing intimate partner violence (IPA), in a sample of 190 women survivors of IPA. Found that higher levels of childhood BT were associated with ongoing victimisation over the course of 6 months. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Vol.28, Iss.7) May 2013 pp 1385-1402 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Rebecca L. Babcock and Anne P. DePrince |
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| | | Co-producing innovation or innovating co-production?: responding to the contact needs of non-resident parents in the Republic of Ireland. |
| | Outlines and discusses service user involvement with a supported contact service in Ireland, as understood through a co-production framework. Finds a model of co-production where the general structure of the service is professionally defined and the specifics of service user involvement in delivery vary from family to family. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Social Work (Vol.18, Iss.2) May 2013 pp 207-216 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Liam Coen and Noreen Kearns |
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| | | Factors associated with family reunification for children in foster care. |
| | Analyses variables in the process of family reunification from foster care and kinship care, in a sample of 305 closed foster care intervention cases in Spain. Key findings include one-fifth of cases resulted in family reunification and that children in non-kinship care were less likely to be reunited with their birth families. Identifies seven factors associated with the family reunification process: age of the child, kinship care with family co-operation, drug dependence in parents, neglect due to alcoholism, foster care under voluntary arrangement with visits, short-term fostering with family co-operation and parental impossibility due to imprisonment. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Social Work (Vol.18, Iss.2) May 2013 pp 226-236 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Mónica López, Jorge F. del Valle, Carme Montserrat and Amaia Bravo |
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| | | Partnership with parents of children in care: a study of collective user participation in child protection services. |
| | Study exploring user participation in the Norwegian child protection service. Evaluates a cohort of parents whose children were in care and who were provided with the opportunity to form a group together with social workers and foster parents. Found that the group provided social support for parents, offered them a forum to voice their opinions and provided social workers with useful knowledge, which informed service development. |
| | Publication Details: | British Journal of Social Work (Vol.43, No.3) April 2013 pp 579-595 |
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| | Authors: | Tor Slettebo |
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| | | Training builds fostering stability. |
| | Outlines the Fostering Solutions South service, which recruits, trains and supports foster carers and discusses its recent Ofsted inspection rating. Gives helpful hints for achieving a good rating including maintaining a focus on outcomes, the role of clarity in managing staff caseloads and putting diversity at the heart of practice. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Young People Now 16-29 April 2013 pp 33 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Tristan Donovan |
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| | | Balancing autonomy rights and protection: children’s involvement in a child safety online project. |
| | Explores the conflict between children's autonomy rights and child protection concerns that arise through involving children in research. Uses a child safety online project to analyse the relationship between children's autonomy rights, educational norms in a school setting and safeguarding concerns in practice. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Society (Vol.27, Iss.3) May 2013 pp 208-219 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Suzanne Ost |
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| | | Can secure colleges transform youth custody?: transcript from a roundtable discussion on secure colleges. |
| | Response to a consultation on setting up secure colleges for young offenders with the aim of improving the educational attainment of children in custody and reducing reoffending. Key findings included, 8 out of 9 state-funded young offenders institutions provide less than the statutory 15 hours of education per week, with the average being 11 hours. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), 2013 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) |
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| | | A practical guide to outcome evaluation. |
| | Guidance to help set out the aims and projected outcomes of projects, looking at how these will be achieved, and how to capture evidence for outcomes. To cater for readers working in different settings, a broad range of case examples are used including youth groups with at-risk young people, a refuge for women who have suffered domestic violence, a road safety education programme and midwives encouraging new mothers to stop smoking. Includes activities, reflective tools and a glossary of key terms. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Jessica Kingsley, 2010 |
| | ISBN: | 9781849050371 |
| | Shelf Mark: | TUB TQL XR |
| | Authors: | Liz Hoggarth and Hilary Comfort |
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| | | Successful project management in social work and social care: managing resources, assessing risks and measuring outcomes. |
| | Practical handbook outlining the core skills for successful project management in social care and social work and how to apply them in practice. Topics covered include: managing resources, assessing risk, measuring outcomes and how to start and end a project. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Jessica Kingsley, 2012 |
| | ISBN: | 9781849052191 |
| | Shelf Mark: | TUB TQL XR |
| | Authors: | Gary Spolander and Linda Martin |
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| | | The handbook of experiential learning. |
| | Outlines the foundations of experiential learning, discusses experiential learning methodologies and describes its training applications in topics including technical skills, leadership, team building and emotional intelligence. Methods covered include action learning, role play and improvisation, storytelling, reflective practice and creative play. |
| | Publication Details: | San Francisco, C.A.: Pfeiffer, 2007 |
| | ISBN: | 9780787982584 |
| | Shelf Mark: | JEG SN |
| | Authors: | Mel Silberman |
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| | | From Menzies Lyth to Munro: the problem of managerialism. |
| | Discussion paper drawing on Menzies Lyth's (1988) analysis of the organisation of the nursing service to argue that a managerialist approach to child protection work has developed in the UK. Identifies that prescriptive and tightly defined risk and performance management techniques have developed in an attempt to cope with the uncertainties of cases, fear of making the wrong decision and fear of public criticism. Discusses recommendations from the Munro Review and the Social Work Reform Board for creating more supportive contexts for child protection social work. |
| | Publication Details: | British Journal of Social Work (Vol.43, No.3) April 2013 pp 542-558 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Amanda Lees, Edgar Meyer and Jackie Rafferty |
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| | | Precautions to ensure staff safety. |
| | Panel of experts with experience in children's services, children's charities and youth work offer advice for professionals working with troubled families, separated parents and young carers and advice for agencies recruiting staff. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Young People Now 16-29 April 2013 pp 36 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Jeanie Lynch, June O'Sullivan, Tracie Trimmer-Platman and Paul Clark |
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| | | The development of electronic information systems for the future: practitioners, ‘embodied structures’ and ‘technologies-in-practice’. |
| | Presents findings from a study examining how practitioners in a child protection agency used a set of decision-making tools (Structured Decision Making) embedded in an information system (IS). Applies a conceptual approach to understanding practitioner interactions with IS, arguing that IS should focus on enhancing the abilities of practitioners through meeting their needs, rather than organisational imperatives for compliance and accountability. |
| | Publication Details: | British Journal of Social Work (Vol.43, No.3) April 2013 pp 430-445 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Philip Gillingham |
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| | | Working the ‘spaces’ between policy and practice: the contributions offered by resilience theory and action research. |
| | Uses the Communities for Children (CfC) initiative, implemented as part of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy in 45 sites in Australia, to examine the 'spaces' between policy design and implementation. Discusses the benefits of an action research approach as supported by resilience theory, in achieving policy goals for programmes like CfC. |
| | Publication Details: | Child and Family Social Work (Vol.18, Iss.2) May 2013 pp 179-188 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Antonia S. Hendrick and Susan Young |
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