There are signs that things are on the move in child welfare. According to recent Social Services... more There are signs that things are on the move in child welfare. According to recent Social Services Inspectorate (1998) inspections, children's services planning is becoming more multi-agency. Most authorities have taken on board the Looking After Children (LAC) planning and monitoring system, although vigilance is required to ensure that original enthusiasm does not wane. The Department of Health's`refocusing' initiative also seems to be paying dividends and evidence is emerging that we are moving away from an unduly narrow focus on child protection and instead encouraging means of family support. For example, an evaluation of the work of Home-Start volunteers reached positive conclusions ).
This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adoles... more This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adolescents living in children's homes, foster homes and residential special schools 'for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties' ('EBD'). It focuses on the characteristics of service users, particularly contrasting the looked after and EBD groups. Though there are some similarities, there are also important differences between the populations in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, reasons for separation, legal status, family background and education. An attempt was made systematically to compare groups by creating a subsample of 'difficult' adolescents, based on involvement in anti-social behaviour. Unexpectedly, this revealed that half of the teenagers were not 'difficult'. Factors associated with being identified as 'difficult' were explored. Services for troubled adolescents: exploring user variation D Berridge et al .
There are signs that things are on the move in child welfare. According to recent Social Services... more There are signs that things are on the move in child welfare. According to recent Social Services Inspectorate (1998) inspections, children's services planning is becoming more multi-agency. Most authorities have taken on board the Looking After Children (LAC) planning and monitoring system, although vigilance is required to ensure that original enthusiasm does not wane. The Department of Health's`refocusing' initiative also seems to be paying dividends and evidence is emerging that we are moving away from an unduly narrow focus on child protection and instead encouraging means of family support. For example, an evaluation of the work of Home-Start volunteers reached positive conclusions ).
This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adoles... more This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adolescents living in children's homes, foster homes and residential special schools 'for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties' ('EBD'). It focuses on the characteristics of service users, particularly contrasting the looked after and EBD groups. Though there are some similarities, there are also important differences between the populations in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, reasons for separation, legal status, family background and education. An attempt was made systematically to compare groups by creating a subsample of 'difficult' adolescents, based on involvement in anti-social behaviour. Unexpectedly, this revealed that half of the teenagers were not 'difficult'. Factors associated with being identified as 'difficult' were explored. Services for troubled adolescents: exploring user variation D Berridge et al .
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