Promoting the social inclusion of adults on the autistic spectrum
23 May 2013
How can social workers and support providers ensure that care packages deliver socially inclusive outcomes? Self-advocates in the inclusion movement rightly demand that models of support provision enable service users to access the ‘mainstream’ community activities of their choice. They also argue powerfully as to how this inclusion can create important opportunities for developing friendships and ‘natural support’.
Improving The Chances For Looked After Children
| 23 May 2013
It is time to stop labelling children in care and start listening to them. That is the message of the latest phase of the Give Me a Chance campaign, from the charity Who Cares? Scotland, which has won the backing of the Scottish Government and the Association of Directors of Social Work.
CELCIS - New - From Care to Uni research briefing
| 23 May 2013
CELCIS has published a new research briefing From Care to Uni. The briefing summarises data on progression to higher education by looked after children, set within the context of Scottish Government’s policy on widening access.