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the care system in Scotland is the structure for looking after vulnerable children. mainly in the form of institutional care, foster care, and kinship care by relatives. through the corporate parenting requirements over here, that does cover all aspects of health and well-being for the child through multi-agency approaches to support. all public services are government funded though so you are right with the inclusion of all the different types of agencies. hope that clears up?

Hi All! Just stumbled on this site and it looks like there is a good core of sociologists from all over! I'm about to go into my final year of my undergraduate and I'm looking to be doing something very special and a bit challenging for my dissertation that will give me a good strong ground for getting further research funding and getting onto an MSc/PHd course in the future. Currently my focus is very towards young people in Scotland from a looked after background and how they are supported by local governance to progress onto their own independent living with anything close t