| Selam Kidane and Penny Amerena
This one-day introductory training course is designed to provide social care professionals with an understanding of the issues surrounding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. It will empower them to have a confident approach to providing appropriate care and support to meet these children’s complex needs.
| Jim Wade, Fiona Mitchell, Graeme Baylis
This groundbreaking study explores how social services respond to the needs of young asylum seekers. Illustrated with case studies from social workers and asylum seekers, it looks at how young people’s needs are assessed, how the services they receive affect their progress and welfare, and the complexities for social workers in helping them reconstruct their lives.
| Selam Kidane and Penny Amerena
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children have survived the consequences of conflict and persecution – trauma, injury, pain, loss and separation. Once in the UK, local authorities have a duty to look after these vulnerable children to the same standards as any other looked after child, with an increasing number in foster care. Foster carers need formal training to give them additional understanding and skills to add to their existing experience and commitment. This training course provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues.
| Jane Espley
Children who are adopted or fostered and children who are seeking asylum are all trying to survive things that have happened to them in the past. This may make them behave differently to other children, perhaps in a way that could cause problems in a community. This short guide will help people to understand more about these children, their background and behaviour, and to think about ways in which they can welcome and support them.
