SCRA Annual Report 2016/17

SCRA Annual Report 2016/17

The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) has published its Annual Report for 2016/17. The Annual Report provides statistical information about the numbers of children and young people referred to the Reporter in 2016/17. The statistics show that in...
Vacancy – Development Worker

Vacancy – Development Worker

We are looking for someone to take forward the development of a young people’s board for the Children’s Hearings System. The aim of the board – Our Hearings, Our Voice – is to provide children and young people with experience of the Hearings System the...
New Panel members needed!

New Panel members needed!

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is looking for 500 new Children’s Panel members to sit on children’s hearings and to help children and young people in their local area. There are around 2,500 volunteer panel members across Scotland. We need new volunteers from lots...
Foster care and me – by Sophie

Foster care and me – by Sophie

Most people would say going into foster care was a bad thing and they had a bad experience, but for me I had a good experience. At first going into foster care was hard for me and my two sisters, we were placed with a foster family miles away from where we lived...
Advocacy – what does it mean?

Advocacy – what does it mean?

We ask Gwendoline Tracey, a Children’s Hearings advocate with Barnardo’s. Gwendoline, what is advocacy? Advocacy is the name given to the process of supporting children and young people to speak up, express their views and defend their rights. An advocate is the...
Statistics about young people

Statistics about young people

Corporate Parent, SCRA has published statistics today about children and young people referred to the Reporter. The figures show that 15,118  children and young people in Scotland were referred to the Children’s Reporter in 2016/17. Some children and young people are...
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