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View article: Sufficiency of current practice: How well does the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire detect clinically elevated posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms in children in care?
Sufficiency of current practice: How well does the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire detect clinically elevated posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms in children in care? Open
Background It is well‐established that children living in care are at far greater risk of mental health difficulties than their peers. This includes common and trauma‐specific mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and pos…
View article: Attending to care leavers’ voices: the educational imperative to encourage young people to be ‘grown-up’
Attending to care leavers’ voices: the educational imperative to encourage young people to be ‘grown-up’ Open
This article examines how the voices of care-experienced young people are attended to within an English ‘leaving care’ service. Distinctively, it applies the work of the educational theorist Gert Biesta to the field of children’s social ca…
View article: The mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people during early and later adolescence
The mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people during early and later adolescence Open
Background Care-experienced young people (CEYP) have far higher rates of mental ill-health than their peers. Less is known about their wellbeing and the overlap between mental health and wellbeing in this population. Drawing on two samples…
View article: Value for whom? Rethinking cost-effectiveness from young people’s perspective
Value for whom? Rethinking cost-effectiveness from young people’s perspective Open
Background: This article re-envisions the concept of value in relation to safeguarding and welfare services to young people who are experiencing adversity, risk and disadvantage. Current use of the terms ‘cost-effectiveness’ and ‘value for…
View article: ‘Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm
‘Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm Open
In the UK, there has been increased awareness of the harm adolescents face beyond their families. There is no national strategy for safeguarding adolescents. One intervention that comes with particularly high costs is relocation placements…
View article: Charting the 21st Century Rise of For-Profit Residential Child Care
Charting the 21st Century Rise of For-Profit Residential Child Care Open
This article explores the increasing prevalence of for-profit residential care, with a particular focus on Great Britain, while also drawing on the international evidence from the Global North. Comprising a critical review of the published…
View article: A critical review of cost‐effectiveness research in children's social care: What have we learnt so far?
A critical review of cost‐effectiveness research in children's social care: What have we learnt so far? Open
This article presents the findings from a critical review of cost‐effectiveness research in children's social care. With a focus on the past 20 years (since 2000), the review aims to assess the use and consistency of definitions relevant t…
View article: Foster Carers’ Receptiveness to New Innovations and Programmes: An Example from the Introduction of Social Pedagogy to UK Foster Care
Foster Carers’ Receptiveness to New Innovations and Programmes: An Example from the Introduction of Social Pedagogy to UK Foster Care Open
Foster carers characterise a highly diverse workforce that shares the choice to provide a home and family for children who can no longer reside with their family. This diversity makes supporting and providing for carers’ training needs a c…
View article: Commentary on Education Experiences in Residential Settings
Commentary on Education Experiences in Residential Settings Open
I am delighted to provide an commentary for this series of papers, grouped thematically, with a focus on education of children and young people in a form of residential setting. I have focused on t...
View article: Ethics review of machine learning in children's social care
Ethics review of machine learning in children's social care Open
Across the press, academia, and the worlds of policy and practice, concerns abound about the possible impacts of the growing use of machine learning (ML) in children's social care (CSC) on individuals, families, and communities. Many expre…
View article: Evaluation of DWP Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative
Evaluation of DWP Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative Open
The Financial Inclusion Champions (FIC) initiative was designed at the request of the\nFinancial Inclusion Task Force (FITF) as part of the financial inclusion strategy to\nbuild and co-ordinate partnerships with local authorities, social …
View article: Normalizing post adoption support for all
Normalizing post adoption support for all Open
Within a context of substantial adoption policy reform in England, this paper explores post adoption support. Findings from a small‐scale survey of 22 local authorities in England and interviews with 11 adoption practitioners (from 11 of t…
View article: Exploring needs, costs and outcomes of services provided to vulnerable children and their families
Exploring needs, costs and outcomes of services provided to vulnerable children and their families Open
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.
View article: Firstline: evaluation report
Firstline: evaluation report Open
Firstline designed and delivered a prototype leadership development programme for first line managers working in children and families social work. It aimed to enable good managers to become high-performing and influential leaders in socia…
View article: RESuLT training: Evaluation report
RESuLT training: Evaluation report Open
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
View article: Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care*
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care* Open
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Residential Treatment for Children and Youth on 2nd September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0886571X.2016.1215755.
View article: The evaluation of the mockingbird family model: Final evaluation report
The evaluation of the mockingbird family model: Final evaluation report Open
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
View article: Improving children's social care services: results of a feasability study.
Improving children's social care services: results of a feasability study. Open
This report sets out the findings of a feasibility study that aimed to understand how to define ‘good’ children’s social care services and how to assess whether they have improved. The intention was for the feasibility study to support a l…
View article: Evaluation of head, heart, hands: Introducing social pedagogy into UK foster care. Final report
Evaluation of head, heart, hands: Introducing social pedagogy into UK foster care. Final report Open
This is the final report of the evaluation of Head, Heart, Hands. It is part of a suite of reports produced by the independent evaluation team led by the Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, in partnership with th…
View article: Development of an ELISA to Detect Folate Receptor alpha (FRα) Autoantibodies, and their Association with Recurrent Miscarriage.
Development of an ELISA to Detect Folate Receptor alpha (FRα) Autoantibodies, and their Association with Recurrent Miscarriage. Open
Pregnancy can be a joyous moment in a couple’s life; yet on the other hand it can also bring much heartache to couples that experience any form of pregnancy complication. A significant proportion of pregnancies don’t make full term, in add…