Exploring placement stability for children in out-of-home care in England: a sequence analysis of longitudinal administrative data

Louise Mc Grath-Lone, Katie Harron, Lorraine Dearden, Ruth Gilbert - Child Abuse & Neglect

The purpose of this study was to describe the stability of care histories from birth to age 18 for children in England using a national administrative social care dataset, the Children Looked After return (CLA).

From Unnoticed to Invisible: The Impact of COVID‐19 on Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Violence and Abuse

Ben Donagh - Child Abuse Review

This continuing professional development paper provides an overview of the impact that COVID‐19 has had on specialist services delivering support to children and young people experiencing domestic violence and abuse (DVA).

Promoting family well‐being and social cohesion: The networking and relational approach of an innovative welfare service in the Italian context

Caterina Balenzano - Child & Family Social Work

This evaluation study examined a Family Services Centre (FSC) operating in a socio‐culturally deprived suburban area of Southern Italy to explore how promoting innovative practices to meet increasingly complex family needs.

Strategies used by child and youth care workers to develop belonging and foster healthy attachments with young people in care in child and youth care centers in Tshwane, South Africa

Mizeck Chimange & Sue Bond - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative study, conducted in four child and youth care centres in the Tshwane region of South Africa, presents some techniques used by child and youth care workers to develop belonging.

"Oh, this is actually okay": Understanding how one state child welfare training system adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic

Laura M. Schwab-Reese, Ida Drury, Heather Allan, and Kasey Matz - Child Abuse & Neglect

The purpose of this project was to determine if there were differences in learning outcomes between learners who completed child protection training in the usual delivery methods (Pre-COVID) and the fully virtual delivery methods (Post-COVID).

Zimbabwe's National Case Management System for Child Protection and Enhanced Rights Realisation for Children with Disabilities

Tatenda Nhapi - African Journal of Social Work

The author of this study did a synthesis of the existing academic and policy literature and uses social work lens to undertake a situational analysis of current Zimbabwean child protection system dynamics with regards to Children with Disabilities hereafter referred to as CWDs.

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