Staying together and connected: getting it right for sisters and brothers: national practice guidance

Guidance supporting implementation of the new duties for Scottish local authorities: that every looked after child will live with their brothers and sisters, where appropriate to do so. Siblings should be supported to sustain lifelong relationships, if appropriate, even if they cannot live together.


Appendix B: Useful resources

Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland (AFA): https://afascotland.com/

Adoption Taskforce, CELCIS: https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/search-bank/adoption-task-force/

Adoption UK (Scotland): https://www.adoptionuk.org/scotland

Advocacy for Children and Young People, Hearings Advocacy: https://www.hearings-advocacy.com/

Beckett, S. (2021) Beyond Together or Apart: Planning for, Assessing and Placing Sibling Groups. Second ed. London: CoramBAAF.

Children's Hearings Scotland (2021) Legislative Changes: July 2021. Briefing Note for Partnership Engagement with Local Authorities. Edinburgh: Children's Hearings Scotland.

Clan Childlaw: https://www.clanchildlaw.org/

Contact with Siblings, Contact After Adoption: https://contact.rip.org.uk/topics/contact-with-siblings/

Deacon, K. (2019) 'In brief... No longer a child, but not yet an adult: Young people's experiences of a family member's imprisonment', Families Outside, 15. Available at: https://pure.strath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/102773000/Deacon_FO_2019_Young_peoples_experiences_of_a_family_members_imprisonment.pdf.

Foster Line, The Fostering Network in Scotland: https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/advice/fostering-network-helplines

Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC), The Scottish Government: https://www.gov.scot/policies/girfec/

Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland, AFA & Adoption UK (Scotland): https://kinship.scot/

Lifelong Links, Family Rights Group: https://frg.org.uk/lifelong-links/

Mockingbird, The Fostering Network in Scotland: https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/mockingbird-programme

National Trauma Training Programme, NHS Education for Scotland (NES): https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/37896/national-trauma-training-programme

Parent Line, Children 1st: https://www.children1st.org.uk/help-for-families/parentline-scotland/

Rees Centre, University of Oxford: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/publications-resources/

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (2020) Subject Access Requests: How the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration will Deal with Your Request for Personal Information. Stirling: Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. Available at: https://www.scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Subject-Access-Requests-How-SCRA-will-deal-with-your-request.pdf.

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (2021) Legislative Changes: July 2021. Briefing Note for Partnership Engagement with Local Authorities. Stirling: Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.

Scottish Kinship Care Alliance: http://scottishkinshipalliance.com/

Stand Up For Siblings: https://www.standupforsiblings.co.uk/

The Fostering Network in Scotland: https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/about/about-us/our-work-in-scotland

The Independent Care Review: https://www.carereview.scot/

The Promise: https://thepromise.scot/

The Scottish Government (2010) Guidance on Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-looked-children-scotland-regulations-2009-adoption-children-scotland-act-2007/.

The Scottish Government (2020) Advocacy in the Children's Hearings System: Guidance Document. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/advocacy-childrens-hearings-system-national-practice-model-guidance/pages/4/

Therapeutic Education Support Service in Adoption (TESSA), Adoption UK (Scotland):https://www.adoptionuk.org/tessa-in-scotland

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