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This booklet focuses on children arriving from Eritrea and provides specific information to give foster carers an understanding of the kind of country, society and family a child may have come from.

This booklet focuses on children arriving from Vietnam and provides specific information to give foster carers an understanding of the kind of country, society and family a child may have come from.

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.

This research study examines the results of a census survey of four local authorities, looking after over 2,000 unaccompanied young people. How did local authorities plan for and place the young people? How did the young people settle in their foster families, and how did they and the foster carers experience the placement? This study presents a range of implications for policy and practice.

This open course will provide tools to improve practice in assessing and planning for separated and unaccompanied children and young people and concentrates on developing practice around the statutory assessment and planning processes, including core assessment, needs assessment, pathway planning and care planning for looked after children and young people.

Although only a small minority of looked after children will be asylum seekers and separated from their families, health professionals need an understanding of their circumstances and additional needs.

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This ground-breaking report presents findings from an in-depth study of the perspectives and experiences of children and young people arriving unaccompanied to seek asylum in the UK. Based on conversations with 54 young people from 18 countries, this study reveals young people's experiences of their journeys, arriving in the UK, being in care, and a range of health, education, social care and immigration services. This is essential reading for anyone seeing to understand and support this vulnerable group.