This paper analyses comparative child welfare administrative data from each of the four jurisdictions of the UK over a ten-year period to examine rates and patterns of public care for children. 

This report offers 18 recommendations across the key themes of employment, housing and mental health, aimed at improving outcomes for young people from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland. 

Ireland child protection services takes on a 'paradigm shift' to working with children and families, predicting fewer children in the care system, empowered parents, and safer children. 

This overview report provides a summary of key findings and lessons from five detailed research papers investigating what has proven to improve outcomes for children in the child protection system, what programs and services are delivered locally in the child protection system, and what is known about the overall effectiveness of the child protection system. 

Inquiry into historical child abuse in Scotland begins after child occupants of the Smyllum Orphanage came forward with allegations of abuse, nearly four decades after the close of the institution. 

Children in the care system – who are more likely to have mental health difficulties than others in the wider population – are not more at risk due to being in care, according to new research from the University of York.

Drawing on data from the Wales Adoption Study, this paper examines the prevalence and profiles of care leavers amongst birth parents whose children were placed for adoption.

Homeless immigrant families approaching local athorities for housing in the U.K. have been told social services would accommodate the children but not their parents.

The SIRCC annual conference is the only dedicated residential child care conference in the UK. The residential child care sector and associated professions will explore how professionals can work together to provide a sense of family, care and support, while nurturing, comforting and providing a home within the boundaries of the residential child care system. 

This report compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the 4 nations in the UK for 2017.