Returning Home

The NSPCC have published a report Returning home from care: what's best for children, which examines family reunification and how children returning to the family home can be best supported and protected, as  research reveals that half of all the children who come into care because of neglect or abuse who return home, will subsequently come into care again having suffered further abuse or neglect.

Therapeutic Approaches in Residential Child Care

SCIE have produced a new report 58: Therapeutic approaches to social work in residential child care settings .
Accompanying this they have also released a film on Social Care TV: Therapeutic Approaches to Residential Childcare in Northern Ireland.