Growing Up in Kinship Care

Joanna Soraghan; Robert Benjamin Porter

doi:10.7488/era/5083

Growing Up in Kinship Care

Joanna Soraghan^*, Robert Benjamin Porter

^*Corresponding author for this work

Centre For Excellence For Children'S Care And Protection

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A new report – Growing Up in Kinship Care – has been published by CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection, for SCADR, the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research.

The study looked at the data of over 19,000 children and young people who had lived in kinship care over a ten year period, during which the proportion of children and young people needing care and protection who were being cared for by family and friends almost doubled.

The researchers found that:

Kinship carers are often supporting children with complex needs, and it is important that tailored support is in place for the children and their carers

Educational outcomes remains an area where many children and families would benefit from additional support

There is substantial regional variation in terms of how likely children are to live with kinship families

There are many children in Scotland living with kinship families who are not ‘looked after’ by their local authority.

Original language	English
Number of pages	82
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7488/era/5083
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2024

Keywords

Kinship care
Social care
Scotland
Children

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University of Edinburgh 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme (ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre extension)
Porter, R. B. (Principal Investigator)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/04/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research

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Exploring the Experiences of Children in Kinship Care in Scotland: A Sequence Analysis of Care Journeys, Characteristics and Outcomes
Soraghan, J. & Porter, R. B., 10 Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Population Data Science. 9, 5, 1 p., 117.
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University of Edinburgh 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme (ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre extension)

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Exploring the Experiences of Children in Kinship Care in Scotland: A Sequence Analysis of Care Journeys, Characteristics and Outcomes

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