Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales.
Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales.
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10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1752
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2022
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由国家“照顾”的儿童被认为是社会中最脆弱的群体之一。接受国家护理与社会、教育和健康结果不佳有关。探索如何改善该系统并更好地支持受照顾儿童是改善这些结果的关键。当儿童和青年人引起儿童社会服务部门的注意时，地方当局通常会收集大量关于他们的照料经历的信息。在威尔士，每年向威尔士政府提交的“受照料儿童”普查收集了常规数据，最近与安全匿名信息链接数据库共享。本文的目的是提供一个主要的“儿童照顾”人口普查数据集及其子集的概述。这些数据集包含关于被照料儿童的丰富的、情境和个人层面的数据，例如关于安置类型、教育和离开照料的信息。我们概述了现有信息的优势和局限性以及如何访问数据。最近为研究目的提供了“被照料儿童”普查，获得普查资料将使研究人员能够在人口一级探索和了解照料系统的历程和离开照料的结果。通过SAIL数据库，还有机会将数据与健康、教育和家庭司法数据集联系起来，使研究能够全面探索与护理有关的其他因素。这些数据提供了有关威尔士受照料儿童和青年的丰富信息来源。他们为研究人员提供了机会，以更好地了解护理系统和成果，这在it.Findings将有重要的影响，使儿童的社会关怀政策和实践的改进。
Children who are ‘looked after’ by the State are considered one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Being in State care is associated with poor social, educational and health outcomes. Exploring how to improve the system and better support children in care is key to improving these outcomes. When children and young people come to the attention of children’s social services a significant amount of information about their care experience is routinely collected by local authorities. In Wales, routine data are captured in the ‘Children Looked After’ Census which is submitted annually to the Welsh Government and has recently been shared with the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the main ‘Children Looked After’ Census dataset and its subsets. These datasets contain rich, situational and individual level data on children looked after, such as information on placement types, education and leaving care. We outline the strengths and limitations of the available information and how to access the data. The ‘Children Looked After’ Census has recently been made available for research purposes and access to it will enable researchers to explore and understand at population level the journey through the care system and outcomes of leaving care. There is also the opportunity, through the SAIL Databank, for data linkage to health, education and family justice datasets, allowing research to holistically explore other factors associated with being in care. These data provide a rich source of information about children and young people who have been in care in Wales. They offer researchers opportunities to better understand the care system and outcomes for this within it. Findings will have important implications for making improvements in children’s social care policy and practice.