Resources

This section contains resources mainly aimed at professionals dealing with sibling contact. If you think a resource is missing, please let us know.

Coronavirus
Managing family contact during the coronavirus crisis
Clan Childlaw webinar on legal issues arising for children and young people who are looked after or accommodated away from home – seeing parents, siblings and other family members during Covid-19

Reports/Best Practice
Prioritising Sibling Relationships for Looked After Children
Who Cares? Scotland Sibling Separation and Contact Young Radicals Report
Clan Childlaw publication on Promoting Sibling Contact for Looked After Children and other resources
‘Together or Apart’ by Jenifer Lord and Sarah Borthwick
Sibling Placement and Contact in Out-of-Home Care (Create Foundation)
Keeping in touch
What happens to siblings in the care system (Family Rights Group)
Adoption with siblings – Contact with parents (Ofsted)
What is known about the placement and outcomes of siblings in foster care? (Rees Centre)
Keeping in Touch Guidance – Edinburgh City Council
Charter for brothers and sisters
CORAM/BAFF new Good Practice Guide
The Rights of Siblings under International Children’s Rights Law

Legislation
Article 16 of the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)
Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011
Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Human Rights Act of 1998
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s 2016 Concluding observations on the UK

Guidance
Guidance on Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’
Top tips for professionals when working with brothers and sisters
National Practice Guidance - Getting it Right for Sisters and Brothers

Websites
Contact After Adoption
Managing family contact during the coronavirus crisis
Read about the changes to Scots law passed in 2020 and 2021

Presentations
Maintaining Sibling Relationships
SIRCC conference 2019 presentation
Scottish Care Leavers Covenant Conference 2019 Siblings

Podcasts
Siblings Reunited

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