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Social work records
The City of Edinburgh Council’s Social Work Department is one of
the main agencies responsible for providing
support
and advice to families with children.
Referrals to
the Social Work Department can be made for a number of reasons
relating either to young people or their families and involvement
can range from one-off duty referrals to extensive intervention by
an allocated social worker, either on a voluntary or a statutory
basis.
Data has been collected from social work records for all cohort
members from birth to to 2005 (approx. age 18). The percentage of participants who had a Social Work
record is presented in the table below. (Social Work data
are currently being reviewed and the table below will be updated
shortly)
|
Sweep
number (age) |
Number of
records |
Percentage of cohort* |
|
1 (birth to 12 years) |
405 |
8.8% |
|
2 (age 13) |
293 |
4.2% |
|
3 (age 14) |
357 |
7.8% |
|
4 (age 15) |
422 |
9.2% |
| 5 (age 16) |
|
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| 6 (age 17) |
|
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| 7 (age 18+) |
|
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* Percentages calculated will all cohort
members who ever participated as the base.
A
monitoring formis
used which enables us to collect information on:
-
Referral
history
-
Allocation history
-
Case
history
-
Child on
child protection register
-
Evidence
of offending
-
Involvement of other agencies
-
Issues
relating to the child
-
Issues
relating to family
-
Case
status at time of data collection
Children's hearing records
The Scottish Children's Reporter
Administration
(SCRA) is
responsible for conducting children's hearings in Scotland. Anyone
can make a referral to the hearing system, although the majority are
made by schools or police officers. Reasons for referral to the
hearing system vary, but the Reporter must frame grounds for a
hearing within certain pre-specified categories which include
offending, truancy, being beyond the control of a relevant person
and lack of parental care.
Data has been collected annually from the children's hearing records
of those young people who have had contact with the agency between
Sweeps 1 and 4.
|
Sweep
number (age) |
Number of
records |
Percentage of cohort* |
|
1 (birth to 12 yrs) |
387 |
8.4% |
|
2 (age 13) |
247 |
5.4% |
|
3 (age 14) |
311 |
6.8% |
|
4 (age 15) |
472 |
10.3% |
| 5 (age 16) |
386 |
8.4% |
| 6 (age 17) |
113 |
2.5% |
| 7 (age 18+) |
22 |
0.5% |
|
At any
sweep |
19% |
* Percentages calculated will all cohort
members who ever participated as the base.
The monitoring formenabled
us to collect data on:
-
Referral
history
-
Nature
of grounds of referral
-
Hearing
history
-
Hearing
decisions
-
Evidence
of child offending
-
Issues
relating to child
-
Issues
relating to family
-
Issues
relating to school
-
Case
status at time of data collection
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