Tag Archives: children in care

[002.23] Alarming Rise in Restrictions on Vulnerable Children’s Liberties

Research into applications made to the Deprivation of Liberty court, located at the Royal Courts of Justice, reveals concerning findings regarding the restriction of vulnerable children’s movements and freedoms. The court, operating as a 12-month pilot since July last year, aims to handle cases involving the deprivation of a child’s liberty.

[032.19] Notes about the use of restraint in the light of the Social Learning Theory

There are, obviously other aspects to have in consideration (mental states, potential reinforcements of future behaviours and so on), but could the professionals working in settings that use restraint, being the ones promoting future aggressive behaviours, without even considering the role they have on this?

[020.19] there are teenagers that are not being dumped…

Maybe we need more regulation of this settings or, maybe, we just need the responsible organisations to develop a real monitoring. Maybe, we need to improve this settings or, maybe, we just need “that” monitoring to work and make sure that they are implementing the service they should be implemented.

[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities

No… this is not supposed to be a new section of my website, neither I want to be the next “Dear Deidre” and “solve” personal and love problems here. It is about a fairly new TV series on Amazon (New Amsterdam) and a recent article published in CommunityCare by John Radoux (that you can followContinue reading “[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities”

[034.18] let’s just do the maths…

… and we’ll all see that this doesn’t make any sense. And sometimes, politics just requires a bit of good sense… Spending by English councils on children’s services has dropped by at least 9% since 2010, over a period when numbers of children “in need” rose by 5% and thousands more youngsters were taken into care orContinue reading “[034.18] let’s just do the maths…”

[021.18] family fun fete

The FEVACA Foundation is hosting a family fun fete for everyone to come and enjoy themselves whilst supporting the foundation to raise funds and begin their work supporting care leavers. There will be bouncy castles, food stars, live music, silly games, cake baking competition and of course the tug of war!