Video Seminar: Longitudinal Study of Children in Care in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council have hosted a presentation by Montserrat Fargas Malet (pictured) from Queens University Belfast of the findings of a longitudinal study which has been tracking the placements and measuring the outcomes for a population of looked after children.

The study provides a comparative analysis of outcomes across the five placement types of adoption, foster-care, kinship foster-care, residence orders and living with birth parents.

See below for presentation.

Additional resources:

• Seminar slides: www.niscc.info/storage/events/2016-9-14-d-mcsherry-lt-sem-presentation.pptx
• Journal Article, Care Pathways and Outcomes Study – journal article: storage/news/Paper%20for%20distribution_%20cysr%20does%20placement%20matter(1).pdf
• Mind Your Health report https: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/ofmdfm/Mind%20Your%20Health%20Report%20October%202015.pdf