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Analysis of Youth Offending Team Inspection Reports. LGA Research Report
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MacLeod, Shona; Jeffes, Jennifer; White, Richard; Bramley, George – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2010
How well do youth offending teams (YOT) work? In which areas of their work is their performance excellent and where is improvement needed? This research examined annual performance assessments of services for children and young people undertaken by Ofsted in 57 local authorities from January 2006 to April 2009, together with relevant data relating…
Descriptors: Inspection, Leadership Effectiveness, Program Administration, Court Litigation
The Disengaged Noncustodial Father: Implications for Social Work Practice with the Divorced Family.
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Kruk, Edward – Social Work, 1994
Canadian and British study examined impact of divorce on noncustodial fathers' disengagement. Results from 80 noncustodial fathers generated two distinct profiles of noncustodial fathers and marked discontinuity between pre- and postdivorce father-child relationships. Findings suggest transition period from point of divorce to 6-12 months after…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Children, Divorce, Fathers
Children's Views of Decisions Made by the Court: Policy and Practice Issues Arising from the "Your Shout Too!" Survey
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Timms, Judith E.; Bailey, Sue; Thoburn, June – Child Care in Practice, 2008
"Your Shout Too!" reports on a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children survey of the views of 141 children and young people involved in private law court proceedings following the separation of their parents. All of the children who responded had either been the subject of a Welfare Report prepared under the provisions…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Court Litigation, Childhood Attitudes
Who's Looking after Whom? The Education of Disaffected Children in Care
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Sutherland, Ingrid – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
The social inclusion of vulnerable children is high on the political agenda in Britain. With policy issues concerning children in care or so-called "looked after children" (LAC) at such a pivotal point, now is the time to ensure that the educational needs of these particularly vulnerable children and young people take centre stage. It…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Public Policy, Educational Needs
Mediation with Families in Separation and Divorce in the United Kingdom: Links with Family Therapy.
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Robinson, Margaret – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1988
Gives a brief account of recent developments in matrimonial law related to divorce, custody, and visitation to the children of divorcing couples. Discusses the development of mediation, its organizational structure, and its place within the context of the legal system of the United Kingdom. Outlines the principles of conciliation. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Child Custody, Court Litigation, Divorce, Foreign Countries
Focus, 2000-2001.
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Focus, 2001
These three issues of 2000-2001 "Focus" present a collection of papers focusing on issues related to poverty. The first issue discusses child support enforcement policy and low-income families, highlighting such issues as fragile families and child wellbeing; low-income families and the child support enforcement system; child support…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Income