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Children & Family Services

Child abuse and sexual exploitation

What works in responding to child sexual exploitation

July 2019

Sara Scott, Di McNeish, Silvie Bovarnick & Jenny Pearce.

Key messages from research on institutional child sexual abuse

September 2018

Di McNeish & Sara Scott.

Key messages from research on intra-familial child sex abuse

June 2018

Di McNeish & Sara Scott.

Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour

June 2018

Di McNeish & Sara Scott.

Supporting Parents of Sexually Exploited Yound People

Sara Scott & Di McNeish.

Safe Steps CSE Innovation Project Evaluation report

March 2017

Jennie Williams & Sara Scott with Anna Ludvigsen, Department of Education.

South Yorkshire Empower and Protect Child Sexual Exploitation Innovation Project Evaluation report

March 2017

Sara Scott with Sarah Lloyd, Carole Wright and Anna Ludvigsen, Department of Education.

Wigan and Rochdale Child Sexual Exploitation Innovation Project Evaluation report

March 2017

Sara Scott and Sue Botcherby with Anna Ludvigsen, Department of Education.

Aycliffe CSE innovation project Evaluation report

July 2016

Sara Scott, Department of Education.

Reducing the Risk: Barnardo's support for sexually exploited young people A two-year evaluation

Report and summary by Sara Scott and Paula Skidmore 2006.

The summary report can be downloaded here.

Meeting the needs of sexually exploited young people in London

Report and summary by Sara Scott and Zoe Harper, 2005, Bridge House Trust.

What works in child sexual exploitation: sharing and learning in UK and the Netherlands

European Commission Daphne Programme, 2004.

Paula Skidmore and Sara Scott.

Safeguarding in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Final report for Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Board.

Sara Scott & Sophie Laws, April 2009.

Adoption and children in care

What works in achieving adoption for looked after children?

Di McNeish and Sara Scott.

March 2013. Coram / Baranardo's.

Reviewing the Research on the Mental Health of Looked After Children

Some Issues for the Development of More Evidence Informed Practice.

Sara Scott, 2004 International Journal of Child and Family Welfare 2-3: 86-97.

Family Support

Parents in Hospital: How can mental health services best promote family contact when a parent is in hospital?

A review of hospital contact arrangements to support parents and children; CSIP, DMSS with Barnardo's.

Sara Scott and Barbara Robinson, 2007.

Young People of Pakistani Origin and their Families: implications for providing support to young people and their families

Sangeeta Chattoo, Karl Atkin and Di McNeish, 2004, Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds, Barnardo’s.

What works for children? Effective Services for children and families

Diana McNeish, Tony Newman and Helen Roberts (eds).

2002, Open University Press.

General

What have we learned about good social work systems and practice?

Children's Social Care Innovation Programme

Professor Judy Sebba, Dr Nikki Luke, Di McNeish, Dr Alun Rees

November 2017.

What have we learned about good social work systems and practice?

Di McNeish with Professor Judy Sebba, Dr Nikki Luke and Dr Alun Rees.

July 2017.

The use of evidence in commissioning children's services

Di McNeish and Sara Scott with Linda Maynard.

September 2012.

A review of training and resources on child poverty for the children's workforce

Report for the Children's Workforce Development Council.

Di McNeish and Sara Scott, October 2010.

A Better Way: The impact of commissioning on the children and families voluntary and community sector

Di McNeish, Children England, 2010.

Young People

Tacking youth violence including knife crime – what’s the evidence?

Di McNeish & Sara Scott with Anna Ludvigsen

June 2018.

The Full Effect Project St Ann's, Nottingham

Di McNeish, DMSS Research.

May 2017.

Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Bullying, Evaluation of Barnardo’s Positive Identities Project

Di McNeish, DMSS Research.

June 2016.

Evaluation of Tender's Healthy Relationship Education in Schools Final Report

Di McNeish, Anna Ludvigsen and Alison Webster.

DMSS 2012.

The August Riots in England: Understanding the involvement of young people

Gareth Morrell, Sara Scott, Di McNeish and Stephen Webster, NatCen, 2011.

The State of London's Children report

Di McNeish and Sara Scott, DMSS with Institute of Education.

Greater London Authority, 2007.

More school, less play?

The summary report on comparative research into the role of play in the Extended School in Denmark and England.

Anna Ludvigsen and Sara Scott, 2006.

Missing in London: Meeting the needs of young people who run away

Julie Harris and Sara Scott ALG; 2006.

Evaluation of the Art of Regeneration

The Royal National Theatre, Anna Ludvigsen and Sara Scott, 2005.

Violence, Abuse & Mental Health

Creating Change by Influence - the lessons from the Lloyds Foundation's Transform programme

Joining the dots: The combined burden of violence, abuse and poverty in the lives of women

Sally McManus and Sara Scott (DMSS Research), with Filip Sosenko (Heriot-Watt University), 2016, Agenda.

Hidden Hurt: violence, abuse and disadvantage in the lives of women

Sally McManus and Sara Scott (DMSS Research), 2016, Agenda.

Responding Effectively to Violence and Abuse (REVA) briefings, October 2015

Sara Scott and Jennie Williams, DMSS Research; Carol McNaughton Nicholls, Truth Consulting; Sally McManus, Ashley Brown and Shannon Harvey, NatCen; Liz Kelly and Joanne Lovett CWASU, London Metropolitan University.

These briefings report independent research commissioned and funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (Effective Responses to Long-Term Consequences of Violence, Trauma and Abuse, 115/0005).