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Significant case review: Declan Hainey

michelledrumm — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:53:50 +0000

Report which provides members with a comprehensive assessment of an independent review into the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Declan Hainey.

The role and involvement of social work and health services in the case has been considered and progress is reported on the implementation of a range of actions arising from the review.

Significant case review: Declan Hainey

A guide to developing a short break bureau

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:46:15 +0000

Shared Care Scotland exists to promote the development of more imaginative, personcentred approaches to short breaks and respite care. The carers and service users we speak to are looking for quality services which offer choice, flexibility and reliability; a range of services that meet different needs and circumstances rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach. The development of Short Break Bureaux in Scotland, involves collaborative working between the statutory and voluntary sector. This guide provides a model of service planning.

File:

sbbfinal.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Planning/Personalisation

A break in resource

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:39:24 +0000

The paper looks at the importance of communication in building positive relationships between people who use short break services and their carers, and the people providing the service.

File:

op1communicationbreakdown.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

More than a break

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:37:29 +0000

The purpose of this discussion paper is to set out some of the key issues related to the experience of disabled children and their families in being able to access suitable short break and respite care support, and their experience of services received. The paper is intended as a starting point to stimulate a wider discussion amongst service users, carers, providers, planners and others to determine the main priorities for improving provision and achieving better outcomes for all concerned.

File:

op2morethanbreak.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Condition specific

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Planning/Personalisation

Caring in Scotland: Analysis of existing data sources on unpaid carers in Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:30:15 +0000

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Working in partnership with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the Scottish Government has reviewed the National Strategy for Carers in Scotland. The revision is a collaboration between policy and carers’ stakeholders and was informed by reviewing progress made in meeting the recommendations of the Care 21 Report: The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland.
2. This research report on unpaid carers in Scotland contributes to the review by outlining the main sources of information on carers in Scotland and presents key information which can be used by policy makers and stakeholders working with carers.

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analysisofdatasources.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Planning/Personalisation

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Scottish household survey analytical topic report: Characteristics and experiences of unpaid carers in Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:26:45 +0000

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Unpaid carers make a vital contribution to our society, and need to be supported and recognised by the NHS and local authorities as partners in care provision. The aim of the current report is to provide an indication of which types of carers may be in particular need of support, and examine the demographic characteristics of carers. The report analysed responses to the Scottish Household Survey between 1999 and 2004.

File:

scottish_household_survey.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Respite care, Scotland - An official statistics publication for Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:22:46 +0000

This Statistics Release presents respite care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland. Respite Care is a service intended to benefit a carer and the person he or she cares for by providing a short break from caring tasks.

File:

sgrespitestatsdata2009.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Scottish Government breakdown of respite care stats 2006-2010

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:20:41 +0000

This release presents information on respite care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland. Respite Care is a service intended to benefit a carer and the person he or she cares for by providing a short break from caring tasks.

File:

sg_respite_care_data_2006-2010.xls

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Respite care, Scotland 2010 - An official statistics publication for Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:16:31 +0000

This Statistics Release presents information on respite care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland. Respite Care is a service intended to benefit a carer and the person he or she cares for by providing a short break from caring tasks.

File:

scot_gov_respite_data_2010.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Planning/Personalisation

Scottish Government Respite Care Data 2011 - Shared Care Scotland Summary

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:14:06 +0000

This is Shared Care Scotland's response to the Scottish Governments release of the respite data 2011.
The Scottish Government released the 2011 data for provision of respite in Local Authority areas across Scotland. The statistics are presented in "respite weeks provided or arranged by local authorities" and then further broken down into "respite nights" and "respite days" for three age groups: 0-17, 18-64 and 65+. Much of the data is not comparable to the first year of collection (2006/7) due to methodological changes. The changes made mean that future years’ data will be directly comparable across councils.

File:

information_release_-_scs_respite_data_summary_2011.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

Planning/Personalisation

Respite care, Scotland 2011 - An official statistics publication for Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:10:27 +0000

File:

scot_gov_respite_data_2011.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Trends/Statistics

A study of training for carers in Scotland

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:05:43 +0000

In October 2005 the Coalition consulted with its members to select its priority areas for monitoring. Training for Carers, along with Carer Awareness Training for Professionals and The impact of Carers Assessments were the key priority areas identified. Funding for the monitoring exercise was provided by the Scottish Executive.

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carerstraining.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Planning/Personalisation

Inequalities in respite service provision: Insights from a national, longitudinal study of people with intellectual disabilities

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:01:13 +0000

Paper from the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 2010, 23, 85–9. This study highlights some of the complexities in reducing inequalities in the provision of respite services and in identifying the need for them.

File:

jar_547_inequalities_respite.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Condition specific

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Evaluation of Action for Children short break services on outcomes for children

Ben Hall — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:53:22 +0000

Action for Children commissioned the Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR) at Loughborough University to explore the impact that their short break services have on disabled children and their families.

File:

outcomes_in_short_break_services_briefing.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Condition specific

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Perspectives on ageing with a learning disability

IanWatson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:05:29 +0000

This Perspectives paper explores what people with learning disabilities and their families have to say about getting older, their experiences and feelings, and what is most important to them in later life.
Cally Ward gathered views from a range of people with learning disabilities, who often have high levels of unmet health needs as a result of the inequalities they have experienced in the health system.
Contributors talk about:
Coming to later life with their own unique life experiences and hopes and fears for the future.
The work of the Growing Older with a Learning Disability (GOLD) group and older families from the Sharing Caring Project.
Valuing the opportunity to speak for themselves, having someone spend time with them and listen to what they had to say. This is especially difficult if people have communication difficulties.
The fact that independence has brought new risks - people with learning disabilities are often exposed to bullying and hate crime

Further details about the report

File:

View summary report

Perspectives on ageing with dementia

IanWatson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30:08 +0000

This paper explores the views and experiences of people living with dementia.
It is based on discussions with members of the Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG) over the past ten years.

Contributors talk about:
The challenges and opportunities for those living with dementia, and the ways in which the SDWG has worked to increase awareness.
Why people living with dementia are proud to be part of a group that campaigns to improve the lives of people with dementia.
The fact that the SDWG has achieved significant policy changes while also providing support, friendship and a sense of camaraderie.
Recruiting and supporting members, particularly when they become less able to participate. One member still participates despite living in residential care.

Further details about the report

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report summary

Short breaks guide

Ben Hall — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:48 +0000

An example of a good clear guide to short breaks and respite care for people who have Multiple Sclerosis.This guide aims to help people research their own break or activity.

File:

short_breaks.pdf

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Planning/Personalisation

Hearing voices

Heather Sinclair — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:44:11 +0000

The Hearing Voices booklet is designed to help people understand and cope with their experiences. It offers a range of advice on how to deal with voices, from tips for relaxation such as meditation and breathing exercises, to advice on how to engage with and manage the voices. Hearing Voices was produced by The Hive, a SAMH service based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, based on consultation with people who attend the regular Hearing Voices support group. Registration for a publisher username and password is required, in order to view this guide.

Hearing voices

SCIE Report 52: SCIE’s approach to economic evaluation in social care

Heather Sinclair — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:33:53 +0000

This report forms part of SCIE’s wider work on economics. It presents SCIE’s position on how economic evaluations should be undertaken, and the results used, to inform decision-making in the social care sector.

SCIE Report 52: SCIE’s approach to economic evaluation in social care

Working outside the box: An evaluation of short breaks and intensive support services to families and disabled young people whose behaviour is severely challenging. Summary report

Ben Hall — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:10:35 +0000

The summary report brings together the main findings from the evaluation undertaken of three Action for Children services in Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh. These provide specialist short breaks and intensive support services to families and young people with developmental disabilities and whose behaviour is severely challenging. This summary report describes the aims of the evaluation and the methodologies used.

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Working Outside the Box

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Condition specific

Short breaks for disabled children: Briefing papers pack

Ben Hall — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:49:49 +0000

This is a series of briefing papers produced to help local authorities, providers and families work together to improve the range and quality of short breaks for disabled children.
The Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University (CeDR) and National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) in 2009 to evaluate the impact of the short breaks Pathfinder initiative. The full reports were published in 2010 and 2011 and are available on the DfE Publications website. The evaluation identified some key issues that needed particular attention. DfE asked NDTi and CeDR to produce four Briefing Papers as short summaries of the key actions that the research evidence indicates should be taken by local authorities, providers and families in order to improve short breaks provision and the experiences of children, young people and families. This series of briefing papers was produced to help local authorities, providers and families work together to improve the range and quality of short breaks for disabled children.
This pack contains all four Briefing Papers

Briefing Paper No. 1 – Commissioning

Briefing Paper No. 2 – The Range of Short Breaks

Briefing Paper No. 3 – Family Participation

Briefing Paper No. 4 – Personalised Funding

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Briefing papers pack

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Condition specific

Planning/Personalisation

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

New approaches to supporting carers’ health and well-being: Evidence from the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites programme

Ben Hall — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:40:03 +0000

The National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites programme was developed by the Department of Health as part of the commitments made in the July 2008 National Carers’ Strategy Carers at the Heart of 21st Century Families and Communities. These commitments included new measures to improve carers’ health and well-being and were incorporated into DH financial plans in 2008-9.This report explores the extent to which the DS were able to meet their objectives and draws out learning from their experiences of delivering services to carers in new ways.

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New approaches to supporting carers’ health and well-being

Shared Care Scotland

Short Break Research Area:

Evidence of impact of short breaks (respite care)

Planning/Personalisation

The good childhood report 2012: a review of our children's well-being

michelledrumm — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:55:35 +0000

Report which is part of an ongoing programme of research to try to understand why some children feel so unhappy with their lives, and what can be done to prevent this happening and to support children who are in this situation.

The good childhood report 2012: a review of our children's well-being

Child poverty map of the UK

michelledrumm — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:54:52 +0000

Report that provides a localised map of child poverty on the closest possible measure to that used nationally by the government.

The figures presented are for mid 2011. They show the scale of the challenge to achieve this goal, especially in some local areas. In 100 wards throughout the UK, the majority of children remain in poverty.

Child poverty map of the UK

A guide to co-producing children's services

michelledrumm — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:11:47 +0000

Guide which is a supplement to a larger report, 'Backing the Future: why investing in children is good for us all', which is the culmination of a programme of research carried out by nef (the new economics foundation) and Action for Children.

This guide looks at how practitioners can use a co-production approach to service delivery.

A guide to co-producing children's services

More for less? Independent advocacy - more demand, less funding

michelledrumm — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:22:45 +0000

Report that outlines the experiences of Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) member organisations. The survey aimed to understand changes experienced by Scottish advocacy organisations over the last three years, and to gauge these organisations’ expectations for the future.

More for less? Independent advocacy - more demand, less funding

Measuring personal outcomes: challenges and strategies (IRISS Insights, no.12)

michelledrumm — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:44:22 +0000

One of a series of reports providing the social services workforce with brief, accessible and practice-oriented summaries of published evidence on key topics.

This Insight, written by Dr Emma Miller, Honorary Senior Research Associate at Glasgow School of Social Work, considers some of the challenges of measuring outcomes and emerging responses to these.

Measuring personal outcomes: challenges and strategies (IRISS Insights no. 12)

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iriss-insight-12.pdf

Guidance on joint investigative interviewing of child witnesses in Scotland

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:28:41 +0000

Good practice guidance for police officers and social workers who are carrying out joint investigative interviews with child witnesses.

Guidance on joint investigative interviewing of child witnesses in Scotland

2010/2011 Scottish crime and justice survey: partner abuse

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:21:24 +0000

The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a large-scale continuous survey measuring people’s experience and perceptions of crime in Scotland, based on 13,000 in-home face-to-face interviews conducted annually with adults (aged 16 or over) living in private households in Scotland.

The results are presented in a series of reports including this one, which provides information on partner abuse. The 2010/11 survey is the third sweep of the SCJS, with the first having been conducted in 2008/09.

2010/2011 Scottish crime and justice survey: partner abuse

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0124301.pdf

Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:50:52 +0000

The aim of this paper is to examine social inequalities in health as people age using longitudinal data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study to investigate the effect of selective mortality, the timing of the SES measure and cohort on the inequality patterns.

Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland

Performance differences across local authorities

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:41:52 +0000

Paper that comes in two parts. First Lesley Sutton shares her experience in looking at (some) data on local authority spend and performance in a few sectors. This is undertaken on the basis of published data, and the annex describes the key data sets that are available and touches upon the significant gaps. Her work does point to a major variation in performance but also emphasises that this is a data and policy minefield; great care should be taken before drawing any conclusions as to relative efficiencies, etc.

Then KPMG provide their perspective on local government transformation and a case study related to delivering change at one Scottish local authority. Their conclusions from the case study are set out clearly, with much food for thought for those across the public sector.

Performance differences across local authorities

Mental health of prisoners

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:40:41 +0000

Report on visits made to prisons on mental health services in Scotland.

Mental health of prisoners

Priced out: the new inflation and its impact on living standards

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:39:41 +0000

Paper that identifies new evidence that, because of a new inflation environment, hard times started significantly earlier for households on lower incomes than for the average UK household.

Because the costs of essential goods and services have been rising much faster than standard rates of inflation for some time, households on modest incomes have fared far worse than official data suggests. More and more are struggling to achieve a minimum standard of living.

Looking forwards, these lower-income households could largely miss out on the fruits of a slow recovery; following a substantial decline in their living standards, they may see little or no improvement during the next decade.

Priced out: the new inflation and its impact on living standards

We must fix it: delivering the reform of the building sector to meet the UK's housing and economic challenges

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:37:28 +0000

The long-term record of UK housebuilders’ levels of output tells a story of consistent underdelivery. Largely unresponsive to increasing demand, the supply of new homes has been found inadequate a long time before the recent financial crisis, but the crash has made the situation even worse.

The value of land has risen faster than that of almost any other commodity over recent decades, so the development industry has come to prioritise trading land over building homes. The sector has also tended towards consolidation, limiting competition and effectively creating an oligopoly in a marketplace that is vital to the country’s economy as a whole.

The twin focus of reform has been attempting to stimulate new house building by liberalising the planning regime and channelling new direct and indirect subsidies into the major housebuilders. The practical success of the proposed reforms is highly dependent upon the ability and willingness of the UK building sector to translate government subsidy, a more liberal planning system and the availability of more residential land into cheaper and more plentiful housing supply.

This paper sets out a widespread concern that the UK building sector, as it currently stands, may not only be less than willing, but also unable to deliver this side of the bargain.

We must fix it

Are you saying I'm racist? An evaluation of work to tackle racist violence in three areas of London

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:31:23 +0000

Report that presents the results of a special initiative designed to develop methods for preventing young people from becoming involved in racist violence.

The Preventing Racist Violence Special Initiative consists of three projects undertaken in South and East London, and has been funded by the Trust for London. The initiative was launched in January 2007 and the projects have now been in operation for over four
years.

Are you saying I'm racist? An evaluation of work to tackle racist violence in three areas of London

The impact of austerity measures on households with children

michelledrumm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:30:40 +0000

Paper that considers the prospects for the living standards of households with children over the period from 2010 to 2015. It analyses the impact of tax and benefit changes on these households’ incomes and on parents’ incentives to undertake paid work and to increase their earnings.

The impact of austerity measures on households with children

Age, home and community: a strategy for housing for scotland's older people: 2012 - 2021

IanWatson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:32:19 +0000

Strategy that proposes ways in which we can all help to realise the aspirations of enabling older people to live independently at home.

It is aimed not only at those who are older now, but also at people preparing for retirement, who need to consider options for older age before they reach it. The focus is on prevention and giving people the choices they need to live the best lives possible.

View web version

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View PDF version

Evaluation of local housing strategies co-production pilots with disabled people

IanWatson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:23:25 +0000

The evaluation involved a literature review to consider the co-production approach in more depth and understand how it is applied in other sectors. This showed that coproduction is best described by its underlying principles and values rather than by a precise definition. The term refers to the empowerment of service users and frontline staff to achieve an agreed outcome or service, usually, but not always, within a social care context. Services are developed ‘with’ and ‘by’ people rather than ‘for’ them, and the engagement should be from beginning to end of the process.
Essentially the process is about building relationships between different groups in order to share information, knowledge and experience, and come to consensus decisions. It is not just about having service users join committees. A number of
local examples are provided in the report on how co-production can work in practice.

The evaluation also shows that LHS development may be possible through coproduction, although it is more difficult than service development where discussion of service issues are more tangible and directly relevant to service users, and the service-user perspective is important for the service provider in understanding what changes and improvements are required.

Download from Scottish Government website

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Evaluation of local housing strategies co-production pilots with disabled people

'Bromley Briefings' prison factfile

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:15:02 +0000

‘Bromley Briefings’ produced in memory of Keith Bromley, a valued friend of the Prison Reform Trust and allied groups concerned with prisons and human rights.

His support for refugees from oppression, victims of torture and the falsely imprisoned made a difference to many people’s lives.

Bromley briefings prison factfile

Bottling it up: the next generation - the effects of parental alcohol misuse on children and families

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:35 +0000

Updated report on the 2006 Bottling it Up report, which analysed the views and perspectives of parents using Turning Point services, and of their children. The research found that parental alcohol misuse has a big impact on families.

It is based on the experiences of children and their parents. Turning Point analysed anonymous data relating to the thousands of people who used its alcohol treatment services in the last year.

100 parents who currently access these services for alcohol-related issues were surveyed, and spoke to other parents in more depth to gather their views on how they felt alcohol had affected their children.

Bottling it up: the next generation - the effects of parental alcohol misuse on children and families

Involving older people in commissioning: more power to their elbow?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:34 +0000

Report that studies older people’s wishes and experiences of commissioning health and personal care services.

Involving older people in commissioning: more power to their elbow?

Targeting children's centre services on the most needy families

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:34 +0000

This research aims to provide local authority early years and children’s services leaders, and children’s centre managers, with evidence of how children’s centre services are targeting the most disadvantaged families.

In particular, how they are defining, identifying and prioritising families in greatest need of support, and the practical implications of targeting for local authorities, for children’s centres and for policy.

Targeting children's centre services on the most needy families

Transforming your care: a review of health and social care in Northern Ireland

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:22 +0000

In June 2011, the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Edwin Poots, MLA, announced that a Review of the Provision of Health and Social Care (HSC) Services in Northern Ireland would be undertaken.

The review aimed to provide a strategic assessment across all aspects of health and social care services, examining the present quality and accessibility of services, and the extent to which the needs of patients, clients, carers and communities are being met.

Crucially it was to bring forward recommendations for the future shape of services and provide an implementation plan.

Transforming your care: a review of health and social care in Northern Ireland

Practical early intervention: the case for retaining a local authority funded education welfare service

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:20 +0000

Paper that outlines the practical case for retaining a local authority funded education welfare service (also sometimes known as the education or school social work service) which has with a clear remit for providing support to children and young people who are at risk of poor educational outcomes due to their poor attendance and behaviour.

It has been compiled jointly by the National Association for Social Workers in Education (NASWE) and the Association of Education Welfare Managers (AEWM), who are the two professional associations representing education welfare officers (EWOs) and other staff who work to support school
attendance, along with Aspect, the trade union and professional association which represents members across children’s services.

Practical early intervention: the case for retaining a local authority funded education welfare service

Still in the red: update on debt and mental health

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:19 +0000

Report that seeks to bring the understanding of the experience of those with both debt and mental health problems up to date.

The report compares the findings from the 2011 survey to the original results in 2008. It also includes new areas of research not covered by the 2008 survey.

Still in the red: update on debt and mental health

Sticks and stones may break my bones but being left on my own is worse

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:16 +0000

An analysis of reported bullying at school within NFER attitude surveys.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but being left on my own is worse

The missing million: the potential for female employment to raise living standards in low to middle income Britain

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:16 +0000

The report is structured in three sections. Section 1 sets out data on long-term trends in UK female employment and on how the UK measures up internationally.

Section 2 drills down into the international data to better diagnose the UK’s specific performance issues on female employment with a particular focus on maternal employment.

Section 3 describes what countries with better female employment rates do differently from the UK in terms of public spending on family policy. The note concludes by sketching out some general and high-level strategic implications.

The missing million: the potential for female employment to raise living standards in low to middle income Britain

Life opportunities survey: wave one results, 2009/11

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:14 +0000

Report that presents a summary of the latest information collected from the full wave one of the Life Opportunities Survey (LOS), for which fieldwork was conducted across Great Britain between June 2009 and March 2011.

A report based on the interim results - year one of the first wave of fieldwork - was published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in December 2010. The findings in this report replace the findings presented in the interim report.

Life opportunities survey: wave one results, 2009/11

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los_wave_one_200911.pdf

Care - a stepping stone to custody? The views of children in care on the links between care, offending and custody

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:14 +0000

The report sets out the facts about the experiences of these children and young people, both during their early years and as they progress through the care system.

Care - a stepping stone to custody?

Costs and longer-term savings of parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder: a modelling study

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:12 +0000

Conduct disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders in children and may persist into adulthood in about 50% of cases. The costs to society are high and impact many public sector agencies.

Parenting programmes have been shown to positively affect child behaviour, but little is known about their potential long-term cost-effectiveness.

This report estimates the costs of and longer-term savings from evidence-based parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder.

Costs and longer-term savings of parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder: a modelling study