These records help children and
young people in care maintain a sense of identity and self worth and are therefore very important.
Not exact matches
Youth Specialists are
in charge with improving the welfare of children and
young people by completing the following duties: referring them to psychological services, getting medical
care for them, counseling clients,
maintaining case management records, and responding
in case of emergency.
There are the beginnings of an awareness of the role of peers
in child development more generally (James et al, 1998; Valentine, 1997), and a move within social work practice to the importance of
maintaining positive friendships for
young people (this push to consider the role of friendships and peer relationships when planning
care for children has much to do with the acceptance of resilience models of practice).
Contact enables children and
young people in out - of - home
care to
maintain relationships with parents, siblings, grandparents and other important
people in their life.
Designated agencies must
maintain written, photographic and other records relating to the development, history and identity of a child or
young person in out - of - home
care and provide them with access to their records.
Children and
young people in out - of - home
care have a right to
maintain contact with their family and other significant
people in their lives.
It is a chronological account of the child or
young person's history, and should be started when the child enters out - of - home
care and
maintained throughout their time
in care.