Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014: Statutory Guidance on Part 3: Children’s Services Planning – Second Edition 2020

Scottish Government

This guidance provides local authorities and health boards, working in partnership with other public bodies and organisations, with information and advice about how they should exercise the functions conferred by Part 3 (Children’s Services Planning) of the Act.

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The Cumulative Effect of Prior Maltreatment on Emotional and Physical Health of Children in Informal Kinship Care

Lee, Eunju; Kramer, Catherine; Choi, Mi Jin; Pestine-Stevens, Althea; Huang, Yufan - Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

This article explores the extent of previous child welfare involvement and its association with well-being among children in informal kinship care.

The New Zealand Family Group Conference Confidentiality Protections: Lessons Learned and an Application in U.S. Child Welfare Systems

Lisa Merkel‐Holguin, Allan Cooke, Denise Evans, Kelly L. Beck - Family Court Review

This article provides a historical context and describes numerous provisions of the family group conference that protect participants and the proceedings. It then describes applications of FGC‐like approaches in the United States where practice models and policies—not laws—guide the implementation of such approaches.

The Experience of Power Relationships for Young People in Care. Developing an Ethical, Shortitudinal and Cross-National Approach to Researching Everyday Life

Hélène Join-Lambert, Janet Boddy & Rachel Thomson - Forum: Qualitative Social Research

In this article the authors look for a suitable method which takes account of power relations while investigating young people's perspectives on their everyday lives.

Strategic partners: Enhancing the ability of foster care agencies to serve the special needs of young mothers

Lisa D. Lieberman, Alejandra Kaplan, Laura Scholey, Jeremy Kohomban, Linda Lausell-Bryant - Children and Youth Services Review

A qualitative program evaluation was conducted, including focus groups with 36 parenting young women who had participated in Passport to Parenting (P2P) initiative services and interviews with 11 key staff of the three partnering agencies.