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If you want to find out about useful recent research on good practice in social care, this is the place for you.

Here, academics and practitioners present their findings as we build up a database of evidence-based practice across adult and children’s social care.

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Service user involvement in post-qualifying training
14 Dec 2011
Research findings on social pedagogy
01 Dec 2011
Research: multiple exclusion homelessness
17 Nov 2011
Research: supported housing for people with learning disabilities
14 Nov 2011
Research:Safeguarding disabled children
05 Nov 2011
Mental health services must keep up with changes in treatment
27 Oct 2011
How disability services can benefit from voluntary sector input
24 Oct 2011
Research: working with fathers with a history of domestic violence
13 Oct 2011
Benefits of home care reablement in the long term
11 Oct 2011
Research: Protecting adults at risk across council boundaries
30 Sep 2011
Research: assessing risk in domestic violence cases
30 Sep 2011
Research findings on improving dementia care
27 Sep 2011
Research: Developing child protection at a local level
09 Sep 2011
Research on the effectiveness of the Common Assessment Framework
02 Sep 2011
Successful fostering of black and ethnic minority children
23 Aug 2011
Disability benefits that can be life-changing
12 Aug 2011
Aspirations of older people living in residential care
05 Aug 2011
Research: Scie best practice on minimising the use of restraint in care homes
05 Aug 2011
Research: how widespread is abuse in foster care?
25 Jul 2011
Research: Improving social care services for vulnerable adults
13 Jul 2011
How evidence, policy and practice interact
01 Jul 2011
Talking Mats – a communication tool for people with dementia
24 Jun 2011
Evidence Base: parental alcohol misuse
21 Jun 2011
Research: how the recession is affecting adult social services
11 Jun 2011
Research: How Scotland is failing young people in residential care
26 May 2011
Research: Scie findings on adult safeguarding
20 May 2011
Research: Why take-up of support services for birth parents of adopted children is low
12 May 2011
Research: Good practice when working with refugee and asylum-seeking children
15 Apr 2011
Research findings on emergency accommodation for young runaways
12 Apr 2011
Research: Lack of therapeutic services for young victims of sexual abuse
08 Apr 2011
Simplifying the personal budgets process for older people and adults with mental health issues
31 Mar 2011
Research: User satisfaction with social work in Scotland
25 Mar 2011
Research: Adolescent neglect in child protection work
17 Mar 2011
Dealing with parental substance misuse
11 Mar 2011
Research: towards a sustainable future with social care
04 Mar 2011
Research: Reducing race inequalities in care services provision
02 Mar 2011
Research: New clinical roles for care home staff
17 Feb 2011
In Loco Parentis. Demos research and report on the looked-after children system
11 Feb 2011
Indicators of disorganised attachment in children
04 Feb 2011
Research and evidence: Social isolation
04 Feb 2011
Guidance for social workers on managing risks in self-directed support
28 Jan 2011
Support and research gaps in learning disability
13 Jan 2011
Research: safeguarding older children at risk of serious harm
06 Jan 2011
Research: Thresholds inconsistencies in adult serious case reviews
03 Dec 2010
Research: inappropriate sexual behaviour by children and young people
25 Nov 2010
Research: Effective support for learning disabled parents
11 Nov 2010
Research: Police notifications of domestic violence incidents
05 Nov 2010
Care implications of an ageing ethnic population
28 Oct 2010
Key recent research findings in mental health
22 Oct 2010
Research: Is intensive fostering more effective than custody?
16 Oct 2010

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