Journal of Children's Services: Volume 18 Issue 1

Research informing policy and practice

Subjects:

Table of contents

Achieving agreement on service needs in child protection. Comparing children’s, mothers’ and practitioners’ views over time and between approaches

Elina Aaltio, Sirpa Kannasoja

While studies on service users’ participation and their perceptions on the quality of services exist, agreement between family members’ and practitioners’ assessments of the…

The Reflective Fostering Programme fidelity rating scale: development and inter-rater reliability

Nick Midgley, Antonella Cirasola, Eva A. Sprecher, Sheila Redfern, Hannah Wright, Beth Rider, Peter Martin

The purpose of this study is to describe the development of the 14-item reflective fostering fidelity rating (RFFR), an observational rating system to evaluate model fidelity of…

Hearing from justice-involved, care experienced children: what are their experiences of residential care environments and regimes?

Anne-Marie Day, Andrew Clark, Neal Hazel

The disproportionate representation in juvenile justice systems of children who are, or have been, in the care of the state is a major cause of concern internationally. However…

Barriers experienced with multi-agency responses to county line gangs: a focus group study

Aimee Neaverson, Abbie Lake

This study aims to create a platform for frontline practitioners to share experiences, express opinions and forge new ideas for effective multi-agency work when responding to…

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ISSN:

1746-6660

Online date, start – end:

2006

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • prof Emily Munro