Podcast discussion covering what self-harm is and why it can be hard to define, why looked-after children and young people are at greater risk of self-harm and mental health problems than those in the general population, and how professionals can work with young people who are self-harming.
The challenges of being and coming into care during adolescence, the transition to adulthood for young people and key tools and approaches social workers can use to support young people in and leaving care.
Young people’s views and experiences around what it was like to be a teenager in care, issues of stigma, the importance of hobbies or interests and making and sustaining positive friendships and relationships.
Young people’s experiences around going into care and their feelings on their first nights in care, the provision of information and introduction of new people, and how social workers can best support children at a particularly turbulent time.
CPD session using video and discussion to emphasise why you should keep the child at the centre in cases involving neglect
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 introduces a wide range of reforms to the laws about children. It introduces a number of changes to a number of areas in the field, including looked-after children, caring for disabled children, private foster care and residence and special guardianship orders. To date, only some of the Act is in force.