MP’s call for B&B ban for transitioning care leavers
Young care leavers should be offered a decent place to stay and not be put up in “unsuitable” accommodation like bed and breakfasts, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Read MoreYoung care leavers should be offered a decent place to stay and not be put up in “unsuitable” accommodation like bed and breakfasts, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Read MoreBackground: Evidence suggests vulnerable young people are at a greater risk of alcohol engagement and have higher levels of substance misuse. However, research exploring alcohol use within populations of vulnerable
Read MoreAbstract – There are almost 90,000 young people in care in the UK. Many over the age of eleven years enter care due to anti-social behaviour, acute stress and family
Read MoreA West Lothian care home for young people has received top marks from Scotland’s social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate. Selms House, in Kirknewton, was graded excellent across the board
Read MoreInformation aimed at children and young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing emotional or mental health problems is now only a click away. Health Minister Edwin
Read MoreAn article examined health service use by, or public expenditure costs related to, young adults in the United Kingdom who had hyperactivity and/or conduct problems such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Read MoreThroughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, as well as doing my day job, I also worked one or two shifts a week on the out-of-hours standby duty team. This team, consisting
Read MoreMental health services for children and young people in Cornwall have been criticised in a Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services. The review, produced by the council’s scrutiny
Read MoreVulnerable youths as young as 13 are being recruited into serious organised crime, a conference has heard. Action for Children Scotland said youngsters are attracted to what they perceive as
Read MoreResearch by Carers Trust and Nottingham University shows that young people providing unpaid care for friends and family have many fewer opportunities in education and the workplace as a result.
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