Social Work (Children and Young People)

Completed research projects

Abuse of adolescents within the family

Allegations of abuse by foster carers: Research review

A study of leaving care schemes

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

Commissioning, delivery and perceptions of emergency accommodation for young runaways

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

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

Coordination of the Quality Matters research initiative

Costs and effectiveness of adolescent support teams

Evaluation of a specialist adolescent support team

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

Evaluating the Integrated Children's System: specific audit study

Feasibility study on research into the maltreatment of looked after children

Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee 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

Lost from View: A profile of the population reported to the National Missing Persons Helpline

Management and effectiveness of the home care service

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

National evaluation of Sure Start

National survey of young people

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

Prevention Cohort Study

Resilience and young people leaving care

Researching youth mentoring - building theory and building evidence

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

Using respite care to prevent family breakdown

What happens to foster children?

Young people leaving care: experiences, outcomes and service costs

Young runaways in the UK

Young runaways: an exploratory study of the extent of current service provision in Wales

Youth Justice Board's Intensive Fostering Scheme - evaluation

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