Mental Health Net Abuse page - information and help for people suffering abuse and those working with them.

The Children & Young People Magazine - the only monthly web magazine for those working with and caring for children and young people. Published by The Social Education Trust.

Department of Health Victoria Climbié Inquiry Website - news, updaes, phase 2. Independent, statutory inquiry set up to investigate the circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbie and to recommend action to prevent such a tragedy happening again.

Department of Health 'Quality Protects' - tackling social exclusion amoung the most disadvantaged children in our society. A document of interest may be a consultation document: 'Promoting Health for Looked After Children: A guide to healthcare planning, assessment and monitoring' - "There is clear evidence that children and young people in local authority care have greater levels of health need than their peers, yet are less likely to receive adequate healthcare." Another interesting one may be The Education of Looked after Children.

Bigstep - a social inclusion partnership based in Glasgow aimed at helping people aged between 15 & 21 who are leaving local authority care.

The Children & Young People's Unit - a DFES site which "has the important task of supporting Ministers, including the Minister for Young People John Denham, as they develop, refine and communicate the Government's overarching strategy for children and young people".

Performance Indicators for Looked after Children - from the DOH.

The Child Support Agency - set up in 1993 "to assess, collect and pay child support maintenance, ensuring that parents who live apart meet their financial responsibilities to their children". An executive agency of the Department of Social Security.

The NSPCC - originally the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Protecting Children, Supporting Parents - A DOH Consultation Document on the Physical Punishment of Children.

NCH Action for Children - aims to improve the lives of Britain's most vulnerable children and young people by providing a diverse and innovative range of services for them and their families and campaigning on their behalf.

Barnardos - the UK charity that works to give children back their future.

The Children's Society - a large UK children's charity with over 90 projects helping to find solutions to the very serious problems they face.

The National Children's Bureau. A registered charity which promotes the interests and well-being of children and young people across every aspect of their lives. research, articles, secialist areas, disadvantage.

ParentLinePlus - a UK registered charity offering support to anyone parenting children. The MATCH Web site - dedicated to all mothers living apart from their children, and to mothers who have little or no contact with their children. Sometimes separations last for many years, sometimes forever. MATCH is entirely supportive across the world.

The Equal Parenting Council - speaking out for the children of broken homes.

Children First. An organisation committed to promoting the rights of children, based in Glasgow University. European context.

The Daycare Trust - the national childcare charity, "working for high quality affordable child care for all". A free hotline and all sorts of other info.

The Trust for the Study of Adolescence - aimed at improving knowledge about adolescence through research, training, publications & influencing policy-makers.

Research in Practice EvidenceBank
The on-line information service of Research in Practice, an initiative of the Association of Directors of Social Services based at Dartington Social Research Unit and the Children and Families Research Group at the University of Sheffield. The aim of this site is to promote better access to research about vulnerable children and families and so support the development of evidence based planning and services.

Child & Adolescence Psychiatry On-line - articles, research, jobs, letters, etc.

Welfare Across Borders - an eight session on-line course developed as part of the EU-Canada project: "This course promotes the need for child welfare practitioners to act more effectively locally by thinking globally. A social justice perspective and the belief that children are unique, live in diverse environments, and share common rights and needs underpin the course. A framework of rights will be critiqued and applied in exploring child welfare issues. The course aims to influence social work practice to effect positive change for children and young people". (Southampton University).

YoungMinds - a UK charity for children's mental health.

MindBodySoul - a UK government site aimed at giving health info for young people, including drug and alcohol use.

The Therapeutic Milieu - a web community for social work, MFT, counseling and mental health professionals treating at-risk youth and emotionally disturbed children in a group home or residential treatment facility. It's purpose is to provide a place for professionals to come together.

The Child Psychotherapy Trust:

• Promotes the child's view of their world and experience.

• Provides information on children's emotional development, behaviour and relationships from birth to adulthood.

• Promotes public and professional understanding of child psychotherapy and access to child psychotherapy services.

• * Supports the training of child psychotherapists.

The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress - "is a multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma. The Academy aims to identify expertise among professionals, across disciplines, and to provide meaningful standards for those who work regularly with survivors." You might like to jump straight to an article entitled "Investigating Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: Do Experts Agree on Anything?", which is one of a number that you can access directly.

MaleSurvivor - the National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization. "Overcoming sexual victimization of boys & men".

Confer - is an independent organisation providing lectures, courses and conferences in the fields of psychotherapy, counselling, psychology and medicine.

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