Children’s Social Work Statistics for 2018-2019
14,015 children and young people are looked after in Scotland, 5% fewer than the previous year. With small increases in children placed with kinship carers and prospective adopters. Fewer children were placed in residential schools.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/childrens-social-work-statistics-scotland-2018-2019/
Independent Care Review reports
Scotland must now come together to love its most vulnerable children and give them the childhood they deserve. Read the Reviews landmark reports.
https://www.carereview.scot/
MCR Pathways model shows educational improvements
Mentors work with care-experienced young people in Glasgow.
https://mcrpathways.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MCR-Pathways-Evaluation-Report-Jan-2020-Publication.pdf
Being a student with care experience is very daunting
Scotland’s first nation-wide survey of care experienced students in Scotland’s colleges and universities.
https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/search-bank/survey-care-experienced-students/
Digital Resilience, Inclusion and Wellbeing for Looked After Children and Young People
A snapshot of experiences and findings relating to digital skills, access, inequality, online safety and digital ethics.
https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/digital-resilience-inclusion-wellbeing-for-looked-after-children-young-people/
Research on home Compulsory Supervision Orders in the Hearings System
The research asks Do CSO’s where a child is looked after at home work?
https://www.scra.gov.uk/2019/09/research-on-home-csos/
