Looked after children

 

Current projects

An investigation of special guardianship

Corporate parenting: making the difference?

Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children

Transitions to adulthood of young people leaving public care international research group (16 countries)

 

Completed projects

A study of leaving care schemes

Allegations of abuse by foster carers: Research review

CareZone: An evaluation of interactive online services for children and young people in public care

Comparing the outcomes of three types of permanent placement: adoption by strangers, adoption by foster carers and long-term foster care

Commissioning, delivery and perceptions of emergency accommodation for young runaways

Coordination of the Costs and Effectiveness of Services for Children in Need research initiative

Coordination of the Quality Matters research initiative

Evaluation of the process and outcomes of services for young people resident at Aycliffe Young People's Centre

Feasibility study on research into the maltreatment of looked after children

Good practice in leaving care

Implementation of special guardianship

Increasing the number of care leavers in 'settled, safe accommodation'

Leadership, resources and efficiency in children's homes

Leaving care under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995

Living in children’s residential homes

Mentoring for care leavers: evaluating longer term outcomes (at 12-18 months) and exploring key issues

Mentoring for care leavers evaluation

Multi-dimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) pilot projects: Care Placements Evaluation (CaPE) - evaluation

Neglected Adolescents: a review of the literature and the preparation of guidance for multi-disciplinary teams and a guide for young people

Outcomes for children placed for reasons of abuse or neglect: the consequences of staying in care or returning home

Patterns and explanations of placement stability and change

Researching youth mentoring - building theory and building evidence

Resilience and young people leaving care

Reuniting looked after children with their families

Running away from care or accommodation

Safeguarding Young People

Social pedagogy pilot programme in residential children’s homes - evaluation

Supporting foster placements

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and the social work services

What happens to foster children?

What happens to foster children? Longer term follow-up of foster children

Young people leaving care: experiences, outcomes and service costs