Spotlight on: Children and families
Around four out of ten bureau clients have caring responsibilities, with almost a third of clients caring for dependent children. One in nine clients is looking after a member of their family who has a disability.
Our Kinship Care service operates across the country to support the thousands of people who care for children whose natural parents are unable to do so. These are often grandparents, aunts and uncles but can also be family friends. We are then able to reflect the experiences of our clients in evidence reports which throw the challenges kinship carers face into sharp relief.
News
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21 Jan 2013
Commenting on Joseph Rowntree Foundation report Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Scotland 2013 Citizens Advice Scotland Chief Executive Margaret Lynch said:
"This report bears out exactly what CAB see day in and day out. More people unemployed, underemployed or in low-income households who need advice on debt and benefits as they find it increasingly difficult to get though the month and manage to pay the bills and put food on the table. At a time of rising costs it is becoming harder and harder for people to cope and so CAB are increasingly seeing more people in crisis.
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3 Oct 2012
You can now find out more about the Citizens Advice Scotland Kinship Care Service through our Facebook page.
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19 Apr 2012
Citizens Advice Scotland have said new changes to tax credits will hit nearly 85,000 families in Scotland, making them much worse off.
Publications
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Publication date: December 2011
This booklet tells you about divorce in Scotland. It suggests what you should be thinking about and working out before or at the time of divorce and where you can get help with all that is involved in divorce.
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A technical briefing for local authoritiesPublication date: March 2012
A technical briefing for local authorities, published in November 2010, updated March 2012.
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Publication date: December 2011
In response to Members' Debate in the Scottish Parliament on 16 December 2010.
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Publication date: October 2010
Briefing sheet to accompany the Relative Value report on kinship carers in Scotland
Stories and analysis from Scotland's CAB Service...
all backed by evidence
Kinship Care - the relative value
Are you looking after a child for a family member or friend? You are not alone. Around 1 in 70 children in...
