Uganda

The present study evaluates the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach in which families and youth care professionals collaborate with an informal mentor, who is someone adolescents (12- 23) nominate from their own social network. The current study examined through case-file analysis of 200 adolescents (YIM group n = 96, residential comparison group n = 104) whether the YIM approach would be a promising alternative for out-of-home placement of youth with complex needs.

This podcast episode, 'Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part 1', is the first of a two-part series showcasing successful examples of kinship navigator programs connecting kinship families with available services.

This paper discusses recent policy reforms have substantially changed state responses to child abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ).

This "Atlas" investigates the situation of unaccompanied foreign minors, to have a deeper understanding of the identity, the origin and the life stories of these particularly vulnerable children. 

This dossier (written in Italian) contains information relating to the quarter October-December 2016 of the "Children Come First: Intervention at the border" project, which aimed to strengthen the system of protection and reception of migrant children arriving in Italy, whether they are separated or accompanied by their parents.

This report presents the findings of research conducted by Child Soldiers International to assess the effectiveness of release, psychosocial recovery and reintegration interventions (commonly referred to as ‘DDR’) for girls associated with armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

This video shares the story of two siblings reintegrated from an orphanage in Myanmar through the ACCIR Kinnected Program.

Analyzing the ideas, debates, and policies surrounding foster care and foster parents’ relationship to public welfare, this book reveals the framework for the building of the US foster care system and draws out its implications for today’s child support networks.

This is the first in a series of briefings to be published alongside a programme of research and campaign work to end the criminalisation of children living in residential care. The project builds on from research published in March 2016, which found that children living in children’s homes in the UK were being criminalised at much higher rates than other children, including those in other types of care.

This briefing paper is for social workers. It brings together key messages from research on child sexual exploitation with implications for practice and should be read in conjunction with guidance for professionals.