“I got into a very dark place”: addressing the needs of young people leaving care during the Covid-19 pandemic
Berni Kelly, Colm Walsh, John Pinkerton, Alicia Toal
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp.332-345
This paper aims to report on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the views and experiences of young people leaving care during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland.
A qualitative approach was adopted involving semi-structured interviews with 24 care leavers 18–25?years old from across the region. Interviews were conducted remotely online or by telephone and explored young people’s lived experiences during the pandemic including their views on...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - August 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Berni Kelly
Colm Walsh
John Pinkerton
Alicia Toal Source Type: research
“I got into a very dark place”: addressing the needs of young people leaving care during the Covid-19 pandemic
Berni Kelly, Colm Walsh, John Pinkerton, Alicia Toal
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to report on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the views and experiences of young people leaving care during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland.
A qualitative approach was adopted involving semi-structured interviews with 24 care leavers 18–25 years old from across the region. Interviews were conducted remotely online or by telephone and explored young people’s lived experiences during the pandemic...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - August 23, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Berni Kelly
Colm Walsh
John Pinkerton
Alicia Toal Source Type: research
Life in a lanyard: developing an ethics of embedded research methods in children ’s social care
This study draws upon embedded research from a two-year study into developing children’s social work approaches to extra-familial risk. Findings draw upon personal reflections from field notes, case reviews, practice observations and reflections.
Two findings are presented. Firstly, that embedded research provides numerous opportunities to develop child protection systems and practice. Secondly, a number of ethical questions and challenges of the methodology are presented.
This paper draws upon personal reflections from one study and is not intended to be representative of all approaches to embedded research meth...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - August 11, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Jenny Lloyd Source Type: research
Life in a lanyard: developing an ethics of embedded research methods in children ’s social care
This study draws upon embedded research from a two-year study into developing children’s social work approaches to extra-familial risk. Findings draw upon personal reflections from field notes, case reviews, practice observations and reflections.
Two findings are presented. Firstly, that embedded research provides numerous opportunities to develop child protection systems and practice. Secondly, a number of ethical questions and challenges of the methodology are presented.
This paper draws upon personal reflections from one study and is not intended to be representative of all approaches to embedded research me...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - August 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Jenny Lloyd Source Type: research
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers ’ transition
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers’ transition
Amy Lynch, Hayley Alderson, Gary Kerridge, Rebecca Johnson, Ruth McGovern, Fiona Newlands, Deborah Smart, Carrie Harrop, Graeme Currie
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Young people who are looked after by the state face challenges as they make the transition from care to adulthood, with variation in support available. In the past decade, funding has been directed towards organisations to pilot innovations to support transition, with accompanying evaluat...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 30, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Amy Lynch
Hayley Alderson
Gary Kerridge
Rebecca Johnson
Ruth McGovern
Fiona Newlands
Deborah Smart
Carrie Harrop
Graeme Currie Source Type: research
Experiences of lay social workers trained in a trauma-informed intervention in the deinstitutionalization of Rwanda
This study aims to describe the process of disseminating a trauma-informed intervention, TBRI, as part of the national deinstitutionalization program in Rwanda.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten lay social workers about Rwanda’s care reform and their experience using TBRI. A phenomenological approach was used to qualitatively analyze the interviews.
Analysis revealed five themes centered on the usefulness and universality of TBRI, the power of community in meeting the needs of children and youth and the importance of connection in supporting children who have experienced institutional care.
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Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 12, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Jana Hunsley
Erin Razuri
Darlene Ninziza Kamanzi
Halle Sullivan
Casey Call
Elizabeth Styffe
Celestin Hategekimana Source Type: research
Between withdrawal and resistance: parents ’ strategies in navigating preschool education in Russia for children with developmental disabilities and autism
This study’s findings add value to the importance of addressing the stigma towards people with disabilities within professional groups and broader society, which form barriers for preschool education and in some cases result in withdrawal from preschool education. To overcome the stigmatisation of children with developmental disabilities in preschool education, it is necessary to establish modern targeted pedagogical approaches and training for professionals and informational campaigns for the broader audience.
The paper is novel as there was no sociological research into preschool education of children with developme...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Irina Kuznetsova
Layla Garapshina
Laysan Mukharyamova Source Type: research
Between withdrawal and resistance: parents ’ strategies in navigating preschool education in Russia for children with developmental disabilities and autism
This study’s findings add value to the importance of addressing the stigma towards people with disabilities within professional groups and broader society, which form barriers for preschool education and in some cases result in withdrawal from preschool education. To overcome the stigmatisation of children with developmental disabilities in preschool education, it is necessary to establish modern targeted pedagogical approaches and training for professionals and informational campaigns for the broader audience.
The paper is novel as there was no sociological research into preschool education of children with develop...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 8, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Irina Kuznetsova
Layla Garapshina
Laysan Mukharyamova Source Type: research
Theorising in the social care sector: conceptualising theory development by frontline workers as they mobilise knowledge to improve outcomes
This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their practice and programs to work effectively with individuals and families. As frontline workers move towards a grand theory that determines their overarching theoretical perspectives through which they interpret their “social work” world, leadership, organisational culture and governance become crucial in supporting their use of discretion. This support is mostly manifested as supervision and coaching, and the authors argue here that a “researcher in residence” narrow...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 7, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Heather Morris Claire Blewitt Amanda O'Connor Helen Skouteris Source Type: research
Addressing cumulative harm: responding to chronic child maltreatment in the context of an intensive family support service
Simone Collier, India Bryce
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Adverse childhood experiences that are consistently experienced over a sustained period of time throughout childhood result in an accumulation of childhood adversity, which is often referred to in the literature as cumulative harm. This paper aims to closely examine statutory child protection practice, which favours an episodic and incident-focused approach to assessing risk and harm, failing to account for the evaluation of the accumulation of adversity and harm, commonly experienced by ch...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - July 7, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Simone Collier India Bryce Source Type: research
Considerations in the use of local and national data for evaluating innovation in children ’s social care
Considerations in the use of local and national data for evaluating innovation in children’s social care
Oli Preston, Rebecca Godar, Michelle Lefevre, Janet Boddy, Carlene Firmin
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to explore the possibilities in using such national, statutory data sets for evaluating change and the challenges of understanding service patterns and outcomes in complex cases when only a limited view can be gained using existing data. The discussion also explores how methodologies can adapt to an evaluation in these circum...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - June 22, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Oli Preston Rebecca Godar Michelle Lefevre Janet Boddy Carlene Firmin Source Type: research
Towards a framework for ethical innovation in children ’s social care
This study proposes a new conception of “trustworthy innovation” for the sector that holds innovation in children’s social care to the standards and principles of the code of ethics for social work. This study offers an ethical framework, informed by the interdisciplinary school of organisational ethics, to operationalise this extended definition; the analytic framework guides policymakers and the practice sector to question at every stage of the innovation process whether a particular model is ethically appropriate, as well as practically feasible within a specific context. Implications for local decision-making and...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - June 14, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Martha Hampson Carlie Goldsmith Michelle Lefevre Source Type: research
Unsubstantiated conclusions about the Family Star Plus as an outcome measure: a rebuttal to Sweet, Winter, Neeson and Connolly (2020)
Anna Good, Joy MacKeith
Journal of Children's Services, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this article is to explain why Sweet et al.'s assertions are not well founded and raise unsubstantiated doubt over the use of the Family star Plus and the Outcomes Star suite of tools as outcomes measures.
Evidence is presented of flaws in the analysis, reporting and conclusions of an article published in this journal (Sweet et al., 2020).
Sweet et al. failed to mention a body of Outcomes Star validation work, including over 20 online reports and a manuscript they had s...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - June 12, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Anna Good Joy MacKeith Source Type: research
Professionals ’ views on children’s service user involvement
This study draws on empirical research in social and health-care services designed for children and families. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how professionals understand children’s involvement as experts by experience. The focus is on professionals’ views and intergenerational relations.
The research data comprise 25 individual and 10 group interviews with managers and professionals working in social and health-care services in one Finnish province. The data were analysed using qualitative thematic analysis.
The professionals recognised the value of children’s service user involvement. However, the...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - May 28, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Johanna Kiili Maritta It äpuisto Johanna Moilanen Anu-Riina Svenlin Kaisa Eveliina Malinen Source Type: research
Spatial analysis of child labour in India
This study on spatial analysis of child labour in India is a macro level analysis on child labour using the census data, 2011 of Government of India. The population census which is conducted once in 10 years only provides district level data on work-force distribution. The study has spatial analysis of child labour in the age group of 5–14 years in India. To assess the magnitude of the children in the labour force, district level data of Census 2011 has been used in the study. The study has made an attempt to identify the districts where there is high level of children in the labour force. This paper aims to estimate the...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - May 28, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Lokender Prashad Mili Dutta Bishnu Mohan Dash Source Type: research
