This article reviews 44 refereed journal articles published between 2003 and 2008. All of the
articles attempt to directly uncover the experiences or perspectives of young people cared …

Published in association with Save the Children Priscilla Alderson examines the often
overlooked issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 …

What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? Edited by
three Social Work's leading scholars, the second edition of this highly respected textbook …

Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic
residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who …

The extent to which young people are involved in legal decision‐making depends on
assumptions and perceptions about their ability to participate in decision‐making in general …

The mental health of children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) is a global
concern, with consistently poorer outcomes reported within this population. However, it is …

Information technology plays a pivotal role in New Labour's modernization programme. Here
we report findings from a 2 year ethnographic study of the impact and origin of one such …

Child welfare practices and policies are often disconnected from youth in care's perspectives
and lived realities. Youth 'aging out'of care should be empowered to define their own needs …

Listening to children and young people is for social workers a legal requirement, it is also
believed to lead to better outcomes and is increasingly promoted in policy. The practice of …

Recent policy initiatives have begun to recognize something that has long been indicated by
research findings and by studies of young people's views: that, for children in local authority …