Children and Young People’s Views on Being in Care: A Literature Review
This literature review highlights the voices of looked after children in the UK from existing research, on their journey through the care system.
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Webinar: Participation of Children in Monitoring Care Services in Government-Run Child Care Institutions in India
In this webinar, hosted by Rise Learning Network, Deep Savarni, Founder & Director of Praajak Development Society shares his experience in establishing the Child Protection Committees as a means to realize effective participation of children in monitoring care services in government-run child care institutions in India.
The life course perspective: An integrative research paradigm for examining the educational experiences of adult care leavers?
This paper advocates for use of the life course perspective as a guiding research paradigm when investigating the educational experiences of adult care leavers.
Assisting the least among us: Social work's historical response to unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth
Based on primary and secondary source materials, this article traces the evolution of the US social work field's response to the needs of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth during the past two centuries.
Unaccompanied migrant minors: A comparison of new Italian interventions models
The present research aimed to describe and compare three new second-level intervention models to improve the care of unaccompanied migrant minors in Italy.
Localising De-institutionalistion: The Potentials of Article 20 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Context of Rajasthan, India
This study contributes to a body of scholarship on ‘localising children’s rights’ by presenting findings from an ethnographic case study of an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan, India.
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“Nothing goes as planned”: Practitioners reflect on matching children and foster families
This study answers the following question: “How does the case-specific context influence the practitioners' decision-making process regarding matching in family foster care?”
Reflections on the non-accidental death of a foster carer
This article is a case study and analysis of the death of a foster carer in Scotland at the hands of the child for whom she was caring.
A Child’s Right to a Family: Deinstitutionalization – In the Best Interest of the Child
Using national and international law, court observations, and field experiences, this paper argues a case for deinstitutionalization of children in India, by empowering the families, thereby protecting children's right to a family and preventing abuse and exploitation.
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Caseworkers' insights and experiences with successful reunification
The current study presents findings from a survey of child welfare caseworkers' experiences with reunifications and focuses on practices and key factors at the casework practice and at the system-environment level to assist in achieving successful reunification.