Sibling separation and self-reported offending: An examination of the association between sibling placement and offending behavior

Abigail Novak & Kristen Benedini - Children and Youth Services Review

This study uses data from the National Study of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II (NSCAW II) to examine the relationship between separation from siblings in out-of-home care and subsequent offending behavior in adolescence.

Working together to keep children and families safe: Strategies for developing collaborative competence

Rhys Price-Robertson, Deborah Kirkwood, Adam Dean, Teresa Hall, Nicole Paterson and Karen Broadley - Child Family Community Australia | information exchange

This practice paper focuses on improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and child and family welfare practitioners, who are often required to work together to keep children and families safe.

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Autobiographical Memory Impairment in Adolescents in Out-of-Home Care

María Verónica Jimeno, Jose Miguel Latorre, María José Cantero - Journal of Interpersonal Violence

In this study, autobiographical memory tests, working memory, and a depressive symptom assessment were administered to 48 adolescents in care with a history of maltreatment (22 abused and 26 neglected) without mental disorder, who had been removed from their family and were living in residential child care, and to 61 adolescents nonmaltreated who had never been placed in care.

The psychosocial wellbeing of orphans: The case of early school leavers in socially depressed environment in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Busisiwe Ntuli, Mathildah Mokgatle, Sphiwe Madiba - PLoS ONE

This paper describes how experiencing maternal death affects the psychosocial wellbeing of orphaned youth who left school before completing high school.

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Screening for infection in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people

Bhanu Williams, Mary Boullier, Zoe Cricks, Allison Ward, Ronelle Naidoo, Amanda Williams, Kim Robinson, Sarah Eisen, Jonathan Cohen - Archives of Disease in Childhood

The authors of this study aimed to evaluate a screening programme for infection in unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people against national guidance and to describe the rates of identified infection in the cohort.

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Delivering an Integrated Adolescent Multi-Agency Specialist Service to Families with Adolescents at Risk of Care: Outcomes and Learning from the First Ten Years

Laura Talbot, Peter Fuggle, Zoe Foyston, Kim Lawson - The British Journal of Social Work

This article presents a ten-year service evaluation of the Adolescent Multi-Agency Specialist Service (AMASS), an edge of care service based within Islington Children’s Services.

Informal foster care practice in Anambra State, Nigeria and safety concerns

Chinwe Nnama-Okechukwu, Prince Agwu, Uzoma Okoye - Children and Youth Services Review

This study offers ideas that would guarantee the safety of children within the informal foster care net in Nigeria. The authors investigated informal foster care practice in two local government areas of Anambra State, Nigeria using Key Informant Interviews (KIIs).

Caring for children in child welfare systems: A trauma-informed model of integrated primary care

Lamminen, Laura M.; McLeigh, Jill D.; Roman, Heidi K. - Practice Innovations

This article describes a trauma-informed and integrated child welfare model, including information about its development, structure and organization, and programs. It concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and remaining challenges.