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Children’s Views on Their Lives and Well-being
This book presents a comprehensive overview of findings from the Children’s Worlds project – the most extensive and diverse study to have been conducted globally on children’s own views of their lives. It provides a unique comparative insight into the similarities and differences in children’s lives and well-being around the world, including findings that challenge prevailing assumptions of where, and in what contexts, children might experience a ‘good childhood’. The book draws out the key messages and implications from the study and identifies directions for future work on child well-being. It will be of interest to researchers and students in the field of childhood studies, as well as a wide range of professionals and organisations concerned with improving children’s quality of life.
Adolescent Neglect
Adolescent neglect is a significant problem within child protection, but focus on child neglect and other forms of maltreatment means that it can often be overlooked. This book outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what professionals can do. Based on original research, the book establishes an evidence base and considers the implications for policy and practice. The concluding chapter sets out a practice-based framework for recognizing and working with adolescent neglect. Each chapter includes reflection points to stimulate thinking on key issues. This will be essential reading for all those who work with young people, particularly those in social work, health services and education, as well as academics, policymakers and students in these fields.
Measuring Youth Well-being
This volume presents key findings from the EU funded Measuring Youth Well-being (MYWeB) project which assessed the feasibility of a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (ELSCYP). It draws on the original empirical data from a panel of experts in the field of child well-being as well as field experiences from a number of European countries. MYWeB explored strategies and methodological challenges for involving children and young people in well-being research in order to fight poverty and social exclusion. It does so by evaluating different options to measure the well-being of children and young people across Europe using a child centric approach. Written by experts researching children and young people from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the areas of sociology, psychology, political science, education, philosophy, economics, social policy, and evaluation.
Working with Young Runaways
As many as 100,000 young people under 16 run away from home or care each year in the UK. This work presents models of practice that have been developed to support them, including refugees, street work, missing persons schemes, centre-based models and preventative work. It draws together the learning from these practice models and is designed to support statutory guidance from the Department of Health, as well as contributing to the Social Exclusion consultation on young runaways. The text draws on the expertise of managers and practitioners working with young runaways, and uses case studies of projects run by The Children's Society, Barnados, the NSPCC, the Catholic Children's Society and the ASTRA project to illustrate and discuss key themes. It should be useful for managers with responsibility for developing services within local authorities, social services, health and education sectors, the police, and voluntary organizations and community groups.
Stepping Up
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Home Run
Around one in nine young people in the UK will run away overnight before the age of 16, and one of the key factors that has been linked to running away is the structure of the family in which young people live. This work looks at how the experience of running away varies for different family forms - two-parent families, lone-parent families and stepfamilies. The report presents findings on the reasons for differential rates of running away, making it clear that these are both more complex and more varied than has been understood up until now. It draws out lessons to be learnt and makes recommendations for ways in which running away can be reduced. These focus on providing support for children and young people in changing families.
Child Runaways
Running away from home or substitute care is usually thought of as occurring among teenagers, and services for young runaways often focus on this age group. Yet around a quarter of those who run away do so for the first time before the age of 11 - some as young as six. This report focuses on the particular needs of children who run away, or are forced to leave home, before they are 11. Based on a large-scale survey and interviews with young runaways themselves, this work offers recommendations to policy-makers and professionals working with young runaways.
Running - the Risk
Based on current work with young runaways this survey looks, in particular, at the work of four Children's Society projects in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Gwent.
Missing Out
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