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University of Nottingham, UK,

This document is an English language summary brochure of the Manual of Best Practice titled ‘Child Abandonment and its Prevention in Europe,’ specific to child abandonment in the UK.

The University of Nottingham,

This comprehensive manual provides an overview of child abandonment and its prevention in Europe, exploring the extent of child abandonment, possible reasons behind this phenomenon, the consequences of abandonment, and good practices in terms of prevention. For the purposes of the EU Daphne-funded project, child abandonment is defined in two ways, namely open and secret abandonment. Country specific in-depth reviews of child abandonment and its prevention are provided for 10 countries and results from an EU-wide survey analyzed.

Mike Steina, Annick-Camille Dumaretb - Children and Youth Services Review Volume 33, Issue 12 - Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood,

This paper explores the research evidence from England and France on the mental health of young people aging out of care and into adulthood.

Neil Gilbert - Children and Youth Services Review,

A comparative analysis of child welfare systems in 10 countries identifies three broad functional orientations – child protection, family service and child development.

Sonia Jackson and Claire Cameron ,

The first comparative study of young people who have been in state care as children and their post-compulsory education, was undertaken by a team of cross-national researchers.

IRISS,

The core aim of this programme is to contribute to the development of a platform that will support better understanding of the routes from intervention to outcomes for vulnerable children in Scotland through utilising administrative datasets and longitudinal research.

Ofsted,

This report analyzes how a small sample of 12 children’s homes in England achieved and sustained outstanding status over a period of three years. The report describes and interprets what inspectors found to be the reasons for success in these outstanding homes and how the providers themselves explained the factors that contribute to outstanding care. The experience of the children and young people who live in these homes is also a key element of the report as it is, of course, the real hallmark of quality.

Judy Furnivall, SIRCC, on behalf of Scottish Attachment in Action - Institute for Research and Innovation on Social Services,

This document stresses the importance of healthy attachments for children, especially looked after children. It provides an overview of attachment theory, presents the policy context of looked after children in Scotland, outlines the evidence on effective interventions for children in care and their families, and highlights findings and practice implications.

Rachel Blades, Di Hart, Joanna Lea, Natasha Willmott - Prison Reform Trust,

The main aim of this research is to enhance the understanding of why children in care in the UK are disproportionately likely to end up in the youth justice system or in custody.

Department for Education, UK,

This document contains the UK National Minimum Standards (NMS) applicable to the provision of adoption services.