The Experiences of Young Carers in Northern Ireland: Negotiating Pathways to a Positive Sense of Self-Identity—Narratives of Resilience, Risk and IdentityYoung carers are children or young people under the age of eighteen who care or help to care for a family member with an illness, disability...
The Department currently provides over £0.5 million per annum to support young carers through the Northern Ireland Regional Young Carers Service (NIRYCS). This service is delivered in partnership by Action for Children and Barnardo’s NI. NIRYCS offers young carers a break from cari...
to examine trends and outcomes for children and young people with CC, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the body responsible for producing clinical guidelines covering the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has identified a need for r...
1. Parents/Carers and Home Life OA: Improving the quality of family relationships. Many professionals emphasised the importance of parents/carers and homelife for the mental wellbeing of young people, as it can be these relationships that provide young people with “trusted figures” when “fami...
“Care Just Changes Your Life”: Factors Impacting upon the Mental Health of Children and Young People with Experiences of Care in Northern Ireland This paper represents one element of a research project carried out into the mental health needs of children and young people with experiences of care...
Queen's University Belfast and VOYPIC.[Google Scholar], Northern Ireland (2020) Google Scholar Long et al., 2017 S.J. Long, R.E. Evans, A. Fletcher, G. Hewitt, S. Murphy, H. Young, G.F. Moore Comparison of substance use, subjective well-being and interpersonal relationships among y...
Heather Monteverde, Macmillan Cancer Support's General Manager for Northern Ireland, said: "It is encouraging that more people are surviving lung cancer longer however that means there is more need than ever to provide long term support for patients, their families and carers. ...
Improving the Mental Health of Northern Ireland's Children and Young People: Priorities for Research These focus areas address both the needs of young people and the systems that deliver services. Priorities for action are listed under the focus areas: ... G Macdonald,N Livingstone,G Davidson,...
Topics covered include: *Legislation and key guidance that affect England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland *Continuity for good practice in safeguarding across the UK, including working well with other professionals and partnership with families *The role and responsibilities for practitioners who...
(5.3%) reporting data across three papers took place in Northern Ireland (Goodall,2018,2019; Goodall & MacKenzie,2019) and the remaining studies took place in England. Thirteen papers were published since the reviews of Roberts and Simpson (2016) and Williams et al. (2019) conducted their ...