Children, Young People and Social Care Analytical Newsletter

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Children, Young People and Social Care AnalyticalNewsletterProduced by Education Analytical Services Division Scottish Government

Welcome to the Children, Young People and Social Care Analytical newsletter.This publication is produced quarterly by the CYPSC analytical services unit withinthe Scottish Government.

The newsletter serves to highlight articles, publications, reports, news and eventsthat we have found to be particularly interesting over the past three months and thathave relevance to the children, young people and social care policy area. We focus

primarily on content relevant to Scotland and the UK.

For each item included, we provide web-links to sources and also mark each itemshould it be linked to a particular policy area(s) for ease of reference. A topic key isprovided on each page.

The newsletter is primarily targeted at Scottish Government staff but is also

available externally via the CYPSC web page and Scottish Governmentpublications list. Please feel free to circulate.

We want this newsletter to be useful to you and would therefore welcome anyfeedback that would help to make the newsletter even better. Please use the

email addresses below to get in contact with us.

As we approach the holidays, on behalf of the CYPSC analytical service unit have aMerry Christmas and Prosperous New Year!

December 2009 Issue 23

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Inside the December 2009 issue...

Analytical Publications 3ScotlandUK and International

Other Documents of Interest 5ScotlandUK and International

Recent Announcements 9

Forthcoming Events 10

Key: for ease of reference, we have colour-coded each of the links contained withinthe newsletter to correspond to significant policy areas, where appropriate. The keyis repeated at the bottom of each page.

C&F - Children and famil ies includ ing chil d protection, chil dren of substance-misusingparents (old Hidden Harm agenda), ch ildrens rights, and integrated ch ildrens services

EYP - Early years and parenting including family support, Sure Start, pre-schooleducation & childcare, extended schoolsYJ - Youth justice inc luding Childrens Hearings

LAC - Looked after children

Ad - Adoption

YW - Youth work including young peoples engagement / participation andvolunteering

SWS - Social Work Services - education, training and workforce

All - Al l of the above


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Analytical publications

Scottish

C&F Research Publication: Evaluation of the Scottish Government ChildrensServices Womens Aid Fund:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/29160758/0

C&F HMIe Report: How Well Do We Protect Scotlands Children: A report on thefindings of the joint inspections of services to protect children 2005-2009:http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/hwpsc.pdf

C&F- Shelter Scotland Report: Eviction of Children and Families: the impact andthe alternatives:http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/223672/Evictions_Nov09_Shelter.pdf

C&F Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Childline Scotlandreport: Untold Damage: childrens accounts of living with harmful parentaldrinking: http://www.work-interactive-test.co.uk/UserFiles/File/Reports%20and%20Briefings/Untold%20Damage%20full%20report.pdf

C&FEYP Scottish Childrens Reporter Administration (SCRA) report: Childrenaged under two years referred to the Childrens Reporter:http://www.scra.gov.uk/cms_resources/Children%20under%20two%20years%20r

esearch.pdf

EYP Scottish Government Statistics: Pre-School and Childcare Workforce

Statistics 2009: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/27114140/0

C&F - Children and families including child protection, children of substance-misusing parents (old Hidden Harm agenda),

childrens rights, and integrated childrens services

EYP- Early years and parenting including family support, Sure Start, pre-school education & childcare, extended schoolsYJ - Youth justice including Childrens HearingsLAC - Looked after childrenAd - Adoption

YW - Youth work including young peoples engagement / partic ipation and volunteeringSWS - Social Work Services - education, training and workforce

All- All of the above


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LAC National Residential Child Care Initiative: Higher Aspirations, BrighterFutures Overview Report:http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/NRCCI_Overview_web.pdf

Matching Resources to Needs Report:http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/MRN_Report_web.pdf

Commissioning Report:

http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/NRCCI_Commissioning_Report_Web.pdf

Workforce Report:http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/NRCCI_Workforce_Report_Web.pdf

All Scottish Government Statistics: Children Educated Outwith School 2009:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/256436/0076144.pdf

All Scottish Government Statistics: Destinations of Leavers from ScottishSchools: 2008/09: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/292767/0090357.pdf

All Scottish Government Report: Changing Professional Practice and Culture toGet It Right for Every Child: An evaluation of the development and earlyimplementation phases of Getting It Right for Every Child in Highland 2006-2009:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/292706/0090352.pdf

All Measuring Mental Distress of Young People since 1987. Community Care,N1795, 12 Nov, pp24-25. (Scottish Government staff can access this article via thelibrary)

UK and International

C&F NSPCC Child Protection Register Statistics: Annual summary of childprotection register for England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland:http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/statistics/child_protection_register_statistics_wda48723.html

C&F Joseph Rowntree Foundation Literature Review on Children, Young Peopleand Alcohol (part one): Influences on how children and young people learn aboutand behave towards alcohol: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/children-alcohol-use-partone.pdf

C&F Joseph Rowntree Foundation Literature Review on Children, Young Peopleand Alcohol (part two): Alcohol Prevention Programmes:http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/alcohol-prevention-progs-parttwo.pdf

C&F - Children and families including child protection, children of substance-misusing parents (old Hidden Harm

agenda),


EYP- Early years and parenting including family support, Sure Start, pre-school education & childcare, extendedschools

YJ - Youth justice including Childrens HearingsLAC - Looked after childrenAd - Adoption

YW - Youth work including young peoples engagement / partic ipation and volunteering


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C&F The Childrens Society Research Report: Hidden Children separatedchildren at risk:http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/resources/documents/media/18843_full.pdf

C&F New Estimates of the Number of Children Living with Substance MisusingParents: results from UK national household surveys. BMC Public Health, V9

N377 2009 pp1-22: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-9-377.pdf

C&F Barnardos Research Report: Whose Child Now? Fifteen years of working toprevent the sexual exploitation of children in the UK:

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/whose_child_now.pdf

C&FEYP Barnardos Research Report: Every Night You Cry: The realities ofhaving a parent in prison:http://www.barnardos.org.uk/191009_every_night_you_cry.pdf

C&FEYP Poverty, Maternal Depression, Family Status and Childrens Cognitiveand Behavioural Development in Early Childhood: a longitudinal study. Journal ofSocial Policy, V38 N4 Oct 2009 pp569-588 (Scottish Government staff can accessthis article via the library)

C&FEYP Children and Adolescent Research Unit (CAHRU) report: YoungPeoples Health in Great Britain and Ireland:http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/cahru/news/YoungPeoplesHealth_GB&Ireland.pdf

C&FLAC Ofsted Report: Care and Prejudice: A report of childrens experienceby the Childrens Rights Director for England:

http://www.rights4me.org/content/beheardreports/348/Care%20and%20prejudice%5B1%5D.pdf

EYP Equality and Human Rights Commiss ion Research Summary: WorkingBetter: Fathers, Family and Work Contemporary Perspectives:http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/research/fathers_family_and_work.pdf

YJ Prison Reform Trust Report: Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Courts: areview of provision for adults and children:http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/uploads/documents/courtreport.pdf







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YJ HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report: Children and Young People in Custody2008-2009: an analysis of the experiences of 15-18 year olds in prison:http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Children_and_Young_People_in_Custody_2008-09_rps.pdf

LACAd DCSF Statistical Release: Children Looked After in England (up to March2009): http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000878/index.shtml

LACSWS National Foundation for Educational Research Report: Provision of

Mental Health Services for Care Leavers: transition to adult services:http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/publications/LAT01/LAT01.pdf

Ad Mixed Ethnicity, Identity and Adoption: research, policy and practice. Childand Family Social Work, V14 N4 Nov 2009 pp431-439. (Scottish Government staffcan access this article via the library)

YWSWS ONS Statistical Release: UK Labour Market Stats October 2009:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk1009.pdf

All-European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction report: TheEuropean School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs:http://www.espad.org/documents/Espad/ESPAD_reports/2007/The_2007_ESPAD_Report-FULL_091006.pdf

All DCSF research brief: Anti-Social Behaviour Family Intervention Projects:http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RBX-09-16.pdf

All DCSF Report: Commissioning, Delivery and Perceptions of EmergencyAccommodation for Young Runaways:http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-RR181-R.pdf

All Department for Culture, Media and SportStatistics: Taking Part: the NationalSurvey of Culture, Leisure and Sport headline findings from the 2008/09 TakingPart child survey: http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/08-09_Child_Baseline_report.pdf

All DCSF Report: Risky Behaviour and Social Activities:http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR173.pdf







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Recent Announcements

C&F Home Office: Knife Crime Campaign: New advertising:http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=407201&SubjectId=2

C&F Scottish Government: New Hub of Child Protection Expertise launched:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/10/06115032

C&F Scottish Government: Announcement of funding to roll out the CaledoniaSystem which provides a comprehensive approach in dealing with domesticabuse: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/10/29110911

C&F Scottish Government: Announcement of reforms to 24 hour child protectionline to be staffed by qualified child protection professionals:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/11/25113301

EYP Scottish Government: Launch of Just Ask campaign, which aims to

encourage and empower parents to find out about the help available to supportchildren through difficult periods in life:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/11/02113910

EYP Department for Health: When New Mums Need Help Most figures released:http://nds.coi.gov.uk/clientmicrosite/Content/Detail.aspx?ClientId=46&NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=408073&SubjectId=36

YW Scottish Government announce Invest in an Apprentice Scheme:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/10/29094627







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Forthcoming events (ordered by date)

Ad British Association for Adoption and Fostering Conference: Is there a crisis inadoption and permanent post placement support? Lessons and learning from aone year project 19/01/10:

http://www.baaf.org.uk/res/training/details/100119_conf.shtml

All Inside Government Conference: The Child Health Strategy: Meeting theNeeds of Children, Young People and Their Families 20/01/10:http://www.insidegovernment.co.uk/children/child_health/

C&FEYP Community Care Conference: Safeguarding Children of Parents withMental Health Issues 25/01/10:http://www.conferencesandtraining.com/en/Browse-Events/Community-Care/Safeguarding-Children-Of-Parents-With-Mental-Health-Issues/

C&F International Social Service UK training event: Safeguarding ChildrenAcross Borders Challenges for best practice 26/01/10:http://www.issuk.org.uk/resources/training.php

All Growing Up In Scotland (GUS) Data Workshop 26/01/10:http://www.crfr.ac.uk/gus/events.html

LAC The National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC)

Conference: Understanding Residential Child Care: Valuing the effect andeffectiveness of daily living 28/01/10: http://ncercc.eventbrite.com/

C&F Child Exploitation and Child Protection Conference: Young People withSexually Harmful Behaviour 02/02/10:http://www.ceop.police.uk/training/conferences/ypconference.asp

All-Research Methods Short Courses - Longitudinal data and analysis 2 DaySeminar 03/02/10:

http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/events.asp?section=000100010004&page=2&item=880

LAC Scottish Institute for Residential Childcare (SIRCC) & Care LeaverAssociation (CLA) Conference: Looking Back, Moving Forward 03/02/10:

http://www.sircc.org.uk/events/careleavers







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All Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Conference (CRFR):Families Today: Where are we now? 10/02/10:http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/familiestoday.html

All Children in Scotland Conference: Looking Ahead with 20/20 Vision

22/02/10: http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/tra_tshow.php?ref=1388

C&F Inside Government Conference: Working Together to Safeguard Children:

implementing Lord Lamings recommendations 24/02/10:http://www.insidegovernment.co.uk/children/child_protection/

LACAd Children in Scotland and Kibble Education and Care Centre Conference:Supporting Fostering in Scotland 23/03/10:http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/tra_tshow.php?ref=1352

LAC Scottish Institute for Residential Childcare (SIRCC) National Conference:

Building on Success Reflections and Visions 07/06/10 09/06/10:http://www.sircc.org.uk/node/1171

All Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Conference: ChangingFamilies in a Changing World: 16/06/10 18/06/10:http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/intconference10/intconfindex.html

Acknowledgements:

We are grateful to the following sources and alerts used to compile this newsletter:

4 Nations Child Policy Network

Centre for Longitudinal StudiesChildren in ScotlandCommunity CareInstitute for Public Policy ResearchJoseph Rowntree FoundationNational Youth AgencyNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenNews Distribution ServiceResearch in Practice

Scottish Throughcare & Aftercare ForumYouthlinkYouth Justice BoardWiredGov