The Centre is a resource and information point for all people working in and alongside residential child care services in Scotland, which exists to improve the quality of the service offered to children and young people, by the provision of information, training, research and consultation. The Current Awareness Bulletin contains news, references and detailed article abstracts relating to children's homes, residential schools, secure units, respite and long-term care for children with disabilities, services for young homeless people, and adolescent psychiatric units services for young people leaving care. Includes information on development programmes and policy forums, and a cataologue of agency publications. Includes quotations, RealAudio selections in a variety of languages, transcripts, and letters organised into categories such as child soldiers, wounded children, lost children, child-headed households, and child workers. Offers information on policy formation in a range of children's issues, details holdings in the NCB library, and provides a catalogue of Bureau publications.
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Details of other UK youth work organisations are also provided. Children Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to children.