Always thinking about doing better for children, young people & families | ex-ish academic | Researcher | Children’s Rights | Trustee @sisupportorguk | Mother
Bristol, England
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Lovely to see this out in the world. Product of pre covid (!!) project, with two brilliant women @debbiew63152670 @ktriches2015 an article exploring the construction of care-experienced young people’s identities in and through time journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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I replied to this but wanted to highlight the errors in this doubling down. Systematic sampling is not random sampling and Small has specifically written about the problems with applying quant logics to qual sampling (How Many Cases Do I Need?). 1/
Given the responses, I need to add two posts. Although I'm not a qualitative researcher, the concerns I'm raising are discussed regularly by qualitative methodologists. I'll put one source here and one in the next post.
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Textile artist Amy Meissner, "Inheritance" abandoned needlepoint (2016) #WomensArt
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Self-defence.
710 Palestinian newborn babies have been killed by Israeli forces during the ongoing war in Gaza.
No parent should have to go through the agony and heartbreak of losing their child.
We simply cannot accept the violence that Palestinian children continue to face as normal.
ALT Poster with rows of red hearts symbolizing newborn babies killed in Gaza, with text 'Each heart represents a newborn baby killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.' Logo of Save the Children is at the bottom.
More investment in preschool provision needed, for sure. But this is really disappointingly really un child focused.l, ‘bend the children to fit the system’ analysis of the issue. Also no critical thought about what ‘evidence’ is, & who decides the measures
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Heartbreaking. The family had visits from social workers, health visitors. Mother a lone parent had mental health problems, poor housing. Far too much expected of her. No family support. Her 4 boys died in house fire. So tragic. The state must do more.
theguardian.com/society/2024…
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I'm looking for family law solicitors and barristers to take part in my PhD research into the impact of s8 orders on mothers' lives. DM or email [email protected] for more info. Please share - thank you! #FamilyLaw #FamilyCourt
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Stark new figures show a rise in the numbers of young care leavers facing homelessness - we are failing more and more young people and urgently need to act. The prime minister’s recent announcement on local connection was a step in the right direction but broader action needed
❗The Government's annual homelessness stats released today show over 4,300 young #CareLeavers facing homelessness, an increase of 54% in the last five years.
Read the full story and our calls to #EndTheCareCliff to prevent homelessness ⬇️
becomecharity.org.uk/press-r…
ALT Quote from Become CEO Katharine Sacks-Jones that says 'The stark reality of more care leavers becoming homeless is that society is failing these young people...But this can be fixed, homelessness can be avoided.'
🚨 super important report 🚨 There is robust quantitative and qualitative data on this…can we now please have reform?
New @NuffieldFound report: 20 years of data show for-profit providers in adult & children's social care have grown despite underperforming public/third sector.
Early analysis suggests this worsens geographical disparity and harms overall care.
Link: spi.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/main-…
Hundreds of people came to this and I’m chuffed to see the strength of feeling about doing better for care and YJ experienced children & young people. It was recorded, so happy to share this as I know there were many on the waiting list. Just email [email protected]
Our free online seminar on 2 October will explore two aspects of a recent research project commissioned by HMI Probation which seeks to understand the supervision of care-experienced children by Youth Justice Services. For details & booking see eventbrite.co.uk/e/964964604…. RT plse.
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My cousin found this and I think it’s the most delightful thing I’ve seen all week.
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The thing about ’child poverty’ is that it is poverty. A child lives in poverty because the significant adults in their lives live in poverty. Stop addressing child poverty as a distinct form of poverty. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
This is fascinating from a policy analysis perspective, I’m not at all convinced it will do these things and delivery will be nightmare, but I’m itching to see how it turns out in a few years
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We promised change, it’s beginning and education is right at the heart of it.
Breakfast clubs will boost attendance and attainment. They’ll mean better work choices for parents and better life chances for children.
We’re ushering in a new era of child centred government.
Starting April 2025, free breakfast clubs will begin rolling out to early adopter primary schools and open to all their children.
Universal breakfast clubs are part of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity.
Find out more: gov.uk/government/news/chanc…
ALT A photo of a group of children eating breakfast with the caption - Breakfast Clubs and the Department for Education logo
We also found evidence of this in relation to care and youth justice experienced children. Really important to note the backgrounds of many of these children involve control & abuse making the experience deprivation of liberty extremely harrowing justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/…
This powerful report highlights the issue of children deprived of their liberty in unregistered placements including holiday lets.
Our research shows that in the last 12 months, 1,249 children from England and Wales have been subject to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) application.
These children often have complex needs, including mental health problems, which they do not receive adequate care for.
nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/…
Wow a lot of people are mad at this bang on critique bc the OP ‘didn’t mention gender’. That’s the whole point. The lack of critical thinking or basic understanding about the division of labour is absolutely mind blowing.
Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s work on ‘unchilding’ has been some of the most profound on my thinking. That more sociologists of childhood/youth aren’t speaking up - about any of what’s happening in Palestine - is a deep indictment of the state of academia.
The disgraceful legacy of the Hebrew University and Israeli academia:
Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian is not the only victim of the wartime witch hunt in academe.
– Daniel Blatman
thepalestineproject.medium.c…
This event that I am speaking at is sold out currently but please get in touch if you want to discuss - I know some people have tried to sign up and can’t!
Our free online seminar on 2 October will explore two aspects of a recent research project commissioned by HMI Probation which seeks to understand the supervision of care-experienced children by Youth Justice Services. For details & booking see eventbrite.co.uk/e/964964604…. RT plse.
After a difficult school drop off, things we are listening to: a loud crow & magpie, white wagtails, house sparrows, a cheeky robin, great tits, chaffinches, dunnocks and wrens, a buzzard overhead, ponies chomping over the hedge. Trying not feel mum guilt about feeling grateful
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"A punitive approach is rarely helpful because what you really need is to work as a team: the school, the parents and the local authority. As soon as there’s a punitive element you are breaking down that partnership." Wonderful stuff from @Tamsin_J_Ford tinyurl.com/3n8dmdaj
