Questions from the Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group:
Support for care experienced adults
Relationships and wider support: What can existing patterns of use of independent advocacy services (including those delivered by third sector organisations) tell us about the potential level and distribution of demand for advocacy among care experienced adults, and how might this vary across different groups and local areas?
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Support for care experienced adults
Relationships and wider support: What barriers do care experienced adults report in accessing and sustaining employment or career progression, and what do these experiences suggest about gaps in earlier support or ongoing adulthood services?
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Support for care experienced adults
Parenthood and Care Experience: What targeted supports are currently available to care experienced parents in Scotland, and how do parents describe the factors that influence whether they choose to take up, engage with, or avoid this support?
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Support for care experienced adults
Parenthood and Care Experience: What data linkages and analytical approaches would enable a better understanding of intergenerational care experience in Scotland, including connections between parents’ care histories and children’s outcomes, and what opportunities exist to develop this evidence in the future?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Support for care experienced adults
Parenthood and Care Experience: What data linkages and analytical approaches would enable a better understanding of intergenerational care experience in Scotland, including connections between parents’ care histories and children’s outcomes, and what opportunities exist to develop this evidence in the future?
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Support for care experienced adults
Parenthood and Care Experience: What targeted support is available to care experienced adults as they prepare for or embark on parenthood, how consistently is it offered and taken up, and what do care experienced parents themselves identify as most effective, trusted, and supportive in encouraging engagement?
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Support for care experienced adults
Parenthood and Care Experience: To what extent are care experienced adults more likely to experience social work involvement during their own parenthood, and what factors are associated with this involvement?
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Support for care experienced adults
Identification and understanding of care experienced adults in population level data: What are the patterns of justice system contact among care experienced adults, including criminalisation, custody, and victimisation, and how do these outcomes relate to experiences in care or transitions into adulthood?
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Support for care experienced adults
Identification and understanding of care experienced adults in population level data: What are the employment, income, and economic security outcomes for care experienced adults including those who have experienced adoption at different stages of adulthood, and how stable are these outcomes over time?
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Support for care experienced adults
Identification and understanding of care experienced adults in population level data: What new or enhanced data linkages would most improve understanding of the long‑term outcomes of care experienced adults, including those who have experienced adoption, including linkage between childhood care records and adult health, housing, education, employment, and justice data?
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Transition to young adulthood (Continuing Care and Aftercare)
Relationships: How does living cross-border whilst experiencing care affect continuity of relationships with residential workers? Are these young people more likely to experience breaks in trusted relationships at the point of transition?
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Transition to young adulthood (Continuing Care and Aftercare)
Relationships: How do young people describe their relationships with continuing carers during and after leaving continuing care, and what role do these relationships play in supporting their transition to adulthood?
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Transition to young adulthood (Continuing Care and Aftercare)
Outcomes and longer-term impacts: Does maintenance of sibling relationships whilst a child is experiencing care influence transitions out of care, including housing stability, mental health, and social support in early adulthood?
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Transition to young adulthood (Continuing Care and Aftercare)
Outcomes and longer-term impacts: What are the long-term wellbeing, educational and relational outcomes for adults who lived cross-border in residential caring environments as children?
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Transition to young adulthood (Continuing Care and Aftercare)
Outcomes and longer-term impacts: Are care-experienced young people who lived cross-border whilst experiencing care more likely to face housing instability, disrupted aftercare support, and difficulty accessing entitlements from their home jurisdiction?
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