Wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.

Rogon, Paul; Henderson, Gillian; Kurlus, Indiya; Woods, Ruth

Abstract

This is the second in a series of research reports on the effectiveness of Compulsory Supervision Orders where the child remains at home with their parent(s) (home CSOs). Home CSOs are the most common type of CSO made by Children’s Hearings, which was 4,270 children and young people in 20181. Over recent years, concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of home CSOs and outcomes for children and young people looked after at home. However, there has been little research on this and if the intervention of home CSOs has any effect on wellbeing outcomes. Part of the reason for this was the lack of a way of measuring overall wellbeing on an aggregated basis and at different points in time. This part of the research tries to address this gap through the development of a wellbeing concerns measurement tool to allow comparison of different groups, and over time on CSOs. The wellbeing concerns measurement tool is based on the Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible, and Included (SHANARRI) indicators that are part of the Getting It Right For every Child (GIRFEC) approach to improving the wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland. In this research, each these overarching indicators was further defined by a series of individual indicators of wellbeing concern – a total of 94 for young children and 104 for young people. The cases of 172 young people (12 years or more) and 171 young children (under 3 years) were examined - split into: three groups of young people looked after at home (1. with offence grounds, 2. with education non-attendance grounds, 3. with grounds not related to offending or non-attendance – control); and two groups of young children (1. with home CSO, 2. with CSO away from home – control). Each case was examined at three time points (i.e. when CSO first made, after a year, and after two years) using the information held by SCRA, with reduction in numbers of concerns implying improvement in wellbeing outcomes. This part of the research aimed to answer two questions: 1. Does the intervention of a home CSO improve children and young people’s wellbeing outcomes? 2. Are there differences in young children’s wellbeing outcomes between those first placed on home CSOs and those first placed on CSOs away from home?

Citation

ROGON, P., HENDERSON, G., KURLUS, I. et al. 2019. Wellbeing outcomes for children and young people. Home compulsory supervision orders: effectiveness of decision making and outcomes, Report 2. Stirling: SCRA [online]. Available from: https://www.scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Report-2-Wellbeing-outcomes.pdf

• Report Type: Research Report
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 4, 2022
• Publisher: Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA)
• Series Title: Home compulsory supervision orders: effectiveness of decision making and outcomes
• Series Number: Report 2
• Keywords: Compulsory Supervision Orders (CSO); Children's hearings; Children; Young people; Scotland; Wellbeing
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1602887
• Publisher URL: https://www.scra.gov.uk/resources_articles_category/research/
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