Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool
Care leavers' poor outcomes across a range of areas have been well documented since the 1980s. Their vulnerability to homelessness, poor educational achievement, mental ill health and offending (Biehal, Claydon, Stein and Wade,1992; Stein and Wade, 2000; Scottish Executive, 2002a) is well under...
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description | Care leavers' poor outcomes across a range of areas have been well documented since the 1980s. Their vulnerability to homelessness, poor educational achievement, mental ill health and offending (Biehal, Claydon, Stein and Wade,1992; Stein and Wade, 2000; Scottish Executive, 2002a) is well understood but this understanding has not necessarily led to improved practice. |
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spellingShingle | Wendy Harrington Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care child care care leavers residential child care |
title | Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool |
title_full | Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool |
title_fullStr | Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool |
title_full_unstemmed | Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool |
title_short | Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool |
title_sort | improving outcomes for care leavers evaluating a care leaver s assessment of need tool |
topic | child care care leavers residential child care |
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