Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people

UK Department for Education and Department for Public Health England

This guidance from the UK Department for Education and the Department for Public Health England answers some key questions regarding meeting the needs of vulnerable children during the COVID-19 crisis, including children in care and children with a child protection plan.

Webinar Recording: COVID-19: Undertaking Remote GBV Assessments and Transitioning to Remote Service Delivery: Step 1 - How to Map Remote Services

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Area of Responsibility (AoR)

This webinar reviews how to transition to remote gender-based violence (GBV) assessments and services in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Factors associated with the decision to investigate child protective services referrals: A systematic review

Jeri L. Damman, Michelle Johnson‐Motoyama, Susan J. Wells, Kelly Harrington - Child & Family Social Work

As part of a larger project on decision‐making at intake, this systematic review addressed the question of the factors associated with worker decisions to investigate alleged maltreatment referrals.

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Interpretation of vulnerability and cumulative disadvantage among unaccompanied adolescent migrants in Greece: A qualitative study

Divya Mishra ,Paul B. Spiegel, Vasileia Lucero Digidiki, Peter J. Winch - PLoS Med

This study examines how the interpretation of vulnerability by the national shelter system for male UAMs in Greece shapes their trajectories into adulthood.

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What Protects Youth Residential Caregivers from Burning Out? A Longitudinal Analysis of Individual Resilience

Nina Kind, David Bürgin, Jörg M. Fegert, and Marc Schmid - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This study investigated the association between resilience and burnout in a Swiss population of professional caregivers working in youth residential care.

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Knowledge exchange, foster care and early education: Introducing treasure baskets to foster carers of young children

Claire Cameron, Veena Meetoo, Thure Johansen, Sonia Jackson - Child & Family Social Work

Building on an earlier pilot study where foster carers of young children saw education as something that largely happens outside the home, this paper presents a knowledge exchange project that aimed to build foster carers' self‐concept as educators.

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