Trends in care commissioning
- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care
Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which...
Social Care
In-depth
Supporting families affected by online sexual offending
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Children's Services | Families/Parenting
When a parent is found to have viewed child sexual abuse...
Inspections Clinic: Homes for Disabled Children
- Health | Disabled children and young people | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Residential Children's Care
Recommendations from a review of residential provision for...
Legal Update: Care – A protected characteristic?
- Social Care | Children's Services | Children's rights | Legal | Leaving Care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care
Ellen Broome, managing director of CoramBAAF, explains how...
Breaking the family cycle of intergenerational trauma and addiction
It is recognised that many adults accessing drug and alcohol...
The dos and don’ts of case recording
- Social Care | Leaving care | Leaving Care
Care records can help make sense of difficult childhood...
Residential Care Special Report 2023
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
A new government policy paper puts forward plans to change...
Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24
- Careers | Courses and training | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Ofsted | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work
With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges,...
Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Social Care | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Foster Care
Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the...
Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Legal | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James...
Legal Update: Family group conferences
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Children's rights | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Legal | Preventing Care Proceedings
Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford,...
Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services
- Management | Commissioning | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care
Dr Karen Bateson, clinical psychologist and Wook Hamilton,...
Experienced foster carer urges others to consider role amid placement shortage
A foster parent who has cared for more than 100 children is...
Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements
- Social Care | Kinship care | Legal | Children's Services | Children's rights
Clare Seth, kinship consultant at CoramBAAF, analyses the...
The big debate: Can the SEND improvement plan create a less adversarial system?
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government...
Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill
- Social Care | Asylum | Children's Services | Children's rights | Legal
Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the...
Recruiting social workers from overseas
- Management | Social Care | Service configuration
Amid ongoing shortages of social workers, children's...
Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Legal | Social Care | Asylum
With Homes for Ukraine and other schemes to support...
Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Ofsted | Residential Children's Care
Providers of supported accommodation to looked-after young...
Interview: Lynn Perry, Barnardo's chief executive
- Interview | Child poverty | Social Care
Derren Hayes speaks to Barnardo's chief executive about...
Bringing education data into social care
Children missing from education is a key issue faced by some...
Care Review response: Key points and sector reaction
The government has published its response to more than 80...
Commissioning: Transition from care
- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Leaving care
Councils need to develop a more flexible leaving care...
Legal Update: Tackling family court delays
- Legal | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass
Children's welfare is being harmed by ongoing backlogs in...
How I Got Here: Claire Scott, child exploitation caseworker
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Claire Scott, child exploitation caseworker at Catch22, on...
Therapeutic Care Special Report
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Health | Mental health | Fostering and adoption
With a post-pandemic surge in demand for mental health and...
Escaping the war in Ukraine: A new life for children in care
- Social Care | Asylum | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Children in care are among those who have faced danger and...
CEOP ambassador programme trains education staff
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Training scheme helps staff, parents and children understand...
Online Safety Bill: Key measures and concerns
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
The Online Safety Bill sets out the case for a new...
Digital Safeguarding Special Report
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Children have never been more connected, with many able to...
Free Loaves on Fridays: Care leavers invited to share stories for new book
People with care experience are being invited to contribute...
Projects to support vulnerable children at Christmas
As the cost of living continues to rise, food banks and...
Projects to support Ukrainian refugee children over Christmas
Richmond Council's call for new hosts to house Ukrainian...
Special report: Social, emotional and mental health needs
A fresh focus on social, emotional and mental health needs...
Social workers on the small screen
Children’s social workers are often portrayed in a negative...
Interview: Anne Longfield on how commission sets out action to tackle youth violence
- Social Care | Children's Services | Youth Justice
Derren Hayes speaks to Anne Longfield, former children’s...
Commissioning: Assessing provider quality
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Commissioning | Management | Residential Children's Care
Care sector expert Andrew Rome sets out the implications for...
Legal Update: Coram Adoption marks 50th year
- Fostering and adoption | Social Care | Legal
Coram chief executive Carol Homden reflects on the...
Interview: Zahra Printer, chair of the Care Leaver Covenant’s advisory board
- Social Care | Leaving care | Interview
Fiona Simpson speaks to the chair of the Care Leaver...
Legal Update: Relationships with the court
- Children's rights | Children's Services | Legal | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass
Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF,...
The Road to Serenity: Founder of social care provider publishes memoir
- Children's Services | Social Care | Careers | Youth Work
Emily Aklan, founder of children’s social care provider...
Government policy briefs for children and young people
- Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Health | Guide To...
CYP Now lays out the responsibilities of ministers...
Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services | Children's rights | Legal | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
With the delay of the Online Safety Bill, the UK should not...
Website helps care leavers compare councils’ support
- Social Care | Leaving care | Leaving Care
A comparison website set up specifically for care leavers is...
Leaving Care Special Report
- Leaving Care | Social Care | Leaving care
Care-experienced young people can face greater challenges...
Commissioning: Ukraine scheme care pressures
- Social Care | Asylum | Management | Commissioning
Toni Badnall explains what councils can do to ensure they...
Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges
- Ofsted | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Ofsted has published a series of research reports on the...
Family Action embeds trauma-informed practice at heart of provision
- Children's Services | Social Care
Recognising the impact of past trauma and tackling its...
Online resource helps young people recover from trauma of care and custody systems
A digital toolkit centred around a trauma-informed approach...
Special Report: Trauma-Informed Services
- Social Care | Children's Services
Trauma-informed practice (TIP) emphasises young people’s...
Good Practice
Home’s therapeutic provision helps to foster independence
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Children’s home specialist support jointly funded by health...
Homes for young people with complex needs
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Innovative partnership with providers in Berkshire offers...
How artists help children to explore their life stories
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care
Creative Life Story Work sees care-experienced children work...
Hull invests so children in care stay connected
- Residential Children's Care | Social Care | Residential and specialist care
Yorkshire council opens its own homes on “nice estates” to...
Children with a parent in prison get timely help
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care
Project speeds up process of identifying children affected...
How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care
Geraldine Roseberry reflects on 25 years as a foster carer.
Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Fostering and adoption | Management | Commissioning | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care
Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements...
Local Spotlight: Hull City Council
- Ofsted | Social Care | Management | Leadership
New leadership team drives children's services improvements...
Step-down service improves placement stability
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Fostering and adoption | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Management | Commissioning
In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people...
International safeguarding practice
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Ann Marie Christian has specialised in training education...
Good practice in resettlement of migrant children
How four areas have developed innovative ways to meet the...
How I Got Here: Christopher Heseltine-James, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Social Care | Careers
Christopher Heseltine-James, interim service manager, Edge...
Childline uses tech to track impact of its online support
- Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Children's Services | Children's rights | Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care
Childline Online Services aims to empower children and young...
Suffolk's therapeutic fostering team builds relationships
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care
Specialist team at East Anglian council works with foster...
St Christopher's Fellowship embeds therapeutic approaches in children's care homes
- Residential Children's Care | Social Care | Residential and specialist care
Long-standing charity makes therapeutic care a core part of...
Kidscape reaches more children affected by online bullying
- Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Youth Work
Strengths-based workshops help young people recognise...
Girlguiding UK ensures online safety is at the heart of safeguarding policy and practice
- Youth Work | Participation | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Uniformed youth group redrafts online safety policies to...
How I Got Here: Penny Catton, children’s home manager
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Management
Penny Catton, children’s home manager at Hexagon Care...
Young people help to improve the language of care
- Social Care | Participation
Glossary aims to change the language of the care system,...
Local Spotlight: Bracknell Forest Council
- Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care | Ofsted
Affluent South East commuter belt authority is delivering...
Care-experience Fellowship
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Leaving care | Residential Children's Care
Churchill Fellowship-led partnership is seeking innovative...
Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection
Internet safety charity develops Project Evolve, which...
Positive changes for children at the edge of care
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Struggling families with children at risk of being taken...
West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care
A regional initiative that aims to boost foster carer...
Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network
- Foster Care | Social Care | Fostering and adoption
A pioneering programme that nurtures relationships between...
How I Got Here: Sammi Roberts, missing children’s case worker, Catch22
Sammi Roberts, missing children’s case worker at Catch22, on...
Young people help shape low-energy children’s homes
- Children's Services | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care | Participation
More than five years ago work started on a £7m project to...
Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector
- Residential Children's Care | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Fostering and adoption
Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and...
Peer support for young migrants and refugees
- Social Care | Asylum | Housing and benefits | Youth Work
Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are...
Transition support for students with disabilities
- Social Care | Health | Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Transitions Service gives support to students on career and...
Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care
Laurelle Brown visited Sweden in 2018 to assess how child...
Local Spotlight - North Tyneside Council
- Social Care | Children's Services
North East council has improved outcomes for disadvantaged...
System links council’s education and social care data
- Education | Social Care | Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Visibility of children’s wider needs helps care and...
Agency helps children develop more secure attachments
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Adoption
“Outstanding”-rated adoption agency Family Futures provides...
Care-experienced young people challenge stereotypes in shaping charity’s marketing
- Youth Work | Participation | Leaving Care | Social Care | Leaving care
Charity supports young people in and on the edge of care,...
How peer support helps children cope better with grief
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Mental Health
Weekly sessions of peer support give children and families a...
Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Management | Leadership | Social Care
Council for former Yorkshire coal mining town has big plans...
Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence
- Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Mental Health
A south London-based project is using creative expression as...
MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus
- Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Youth Offending
MultifunC has had impressive results in Denmark, Sweden and...
Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status
- Social Care | Asylum | Children's rights | Legal | Participation
Rights-based charity helped a young person it was supporting...
Youth work has lasting impact on homeless young people
- Youth Work | Participation | Social Care | Homelessness
Accommodation initiative sees YMCA North Tyneside offer a...
Care leaver scheme brings council and providers closer
- Social Care | Leaving care | Information sharing
A collaboration between organisations in the public, private...
Worcestershire County Council
- Leadership | Service configuration | Children's Services | Social Care | Education | Health
Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to...
Independent visitors: Volunteers help children in care
- Social Care | Residential Children's Care
Independent visitors provide vital support to children in...
Approach helps Hertfordshire measure value of care
- Commissioning | Social Care
Data allows targeted commissioning of services to meet...
SOS Children's Villages, India
- Social Care | Residential Children's Care
Research in 2011 estimated that up to 20 million children...
Norfolk County Council: Local spotlight on children's centres
- Early Years | Social Care
East Anglian council has plans to remodel early years...
How young mothers overcome threat of homelessness
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Charity M3 Project supports teenage mothers and pregnant...
Local Spotlight: Leeds City Council
Outstanding-rated children's services has succeeded despite...
Research
Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools
Researchers from the University of Nottingham were...
The Discharge of Care Orders: A Study of England and Wales
- Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care | Adoption
This study by researchers from the University of Bristol set...
Can the physical environment of residential children's homes make them feel more therapeutic? Recommendations from a rapid evidence assessment
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Exploring the factors within the physical environment that...
Creative Life Story Work strengthens care relationships
- Social Care | Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Evaluation of a creative, relational approach to life story...
Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8-12-year-olds build and show digital resilience
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Mental health
This study explores how digital resilience operates in...
Children's Online User Ages Quantitative Research Study
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Children and young people can get around age restrictions on...
Understanding and better meeting the needs of care leavers
- Social Care | Leaving care | Leaving Care
Ofsted wanted to hear directly from care leavers about how...
Commissioning Care – Research evidence: Sufficiency report
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Fostering and adoption
This report provides analysis of all up-to-date local...
Study of Adolescent Young Carers Aged 15–17 in Six European Countries
- Social Care | Families/Parenting | Children's Services
Young carers are children and young people under the age of...
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services
The report authors obtained data from the Department for...
Parenting recovery programme tackles child trauma
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care
Study assesses how children’s home provider uses...
The right decisions for children in long-term foster care
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption
Study looked at the implementation of the first regulations...
Matching in foster care and how we can improve it
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption
The process of “matching” children and young people in care...
How Wellbeing Charter is supporting residential child care workforce
- Residential Children's Care | Social Care | Residential and specialist care
In late 2019, the Nuffield Foundation provided some small...
Can wellbeing initiatives for professionals benefit children and young people?
- Social Care | Residential Children's Care
At St Christopher’s, a children’s charity in the UK and Isle...
Child sexual exploitation: research evidence
- Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care
Kairika Karsna, senior research and evaluation officer at...
Profit Making and Risk in Independent Children’s Social Care Placement Providers
- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care
Local authorities in England spend more than £2bn a year...
Children's Homes Research
- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
The concerns of London local authorities in meeting...
Review of Sufficiency Strategies in London
- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Residential Children's Care
Demand for children's services has been increasing...
Online programs as tools to improve parenting: A meta-analytic review
- Social Care | Children's Services | Families/Parenting
This review provides an assessment of 11 web-based parenting...
Machine learning in children’s services: does it work?
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
What Works for Children’s Social Care worked with four local...
Ethics review of machine learning in children’s social care
What Works for Children’s Social Care requested this report...
Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Mental Health | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
In their practitioner review, Lacey and Minnis consider the...
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves for Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence
- Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection
This paper presents cumulative findings from studies into...
No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This paper presents findings from one component of a study...
Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This article explores safeguarding responses to peer-on-peer...
Keeping Children Safe? Advancing Social Care Assessments to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Analysis of two studies to build an assessment framework for...
‘Why Wouldn’t You Have a Circle?’ An Evaluation of the Glebe House Circles Pilot
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This report is about a recent development at Glebe House:...
Social Pedagogical Perspectives on Fidelity to a Manual: Professional Principles and Dilemmas in Everyday Expertise
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Client and provider discomfort with an adverse childhood experiences survey
- Mental health | Social Care | Mental Health
The presumed causal relationship between ACEs and poor life...
Agreement between prospective and retrospective measures of childhood victimization: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Health | Mental health | Social Care
Researchers set out to investigate the accuracy of adult...
Adolescent victimization and early-adult psychopathology: Approaching causal inference using a longitudinal twin study to rule out non-causal explanations
- Social Care | Health | Mental health
Researchers from King’s College London used data gathered...
Early life adversity exposure and circulating markers of inflammation in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Mental health | Social Care
The ACEs study was not the first to observe a connection...
Research: Commissioning – Placement Planning - Research evidence: Study 1
- Social Care | Children's Services | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
Research: Commissioning – Placement Planning - Research evidence: Study 3
- Social Care | Children's Services
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
Research: Commissioning – Placement Planning - Research evidence: Study 2
- Social Care | Children's Services | Foster Care
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
Research: Commissioning – Placement Planning - Research evidence: Study 4
- Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Children's Services
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
Preliminary Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Pilot Programme: The Cornerstone Partnership
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Fostering and adoption | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Foster Care | Adoption
This study provides summary findings from a preliminary...
ICT-Supported Social Work Interventions with Youth: A Critical Review
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
This study conducted a systematic review of information and...
Evaluation of the University of Kent’s Consortium Project to Explore How Technology Can Support Young People in Care
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Kinship care | Leaving care | Residential and specialist care | Adoption | Foster Care
This project, led by the University of Kent, brought...
A Review of the Risks Associated with Children and Young People’s Social Media Use and the Implications for Social Work Practice
- Children's Services | Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This study reviewed the research literature to understand...
Between Love and Behaviour Management: the Psychodynamic Reflective Milieu at the Mulberry Bush School
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Health | Mental health | Residential Children's Care
A study on the Mulberry Bush School conveys direct work and...
Child, Caregiver, and Therapist Perspectives on Therapeutic Alliance in Usual Care Child Psychotherapy
- Social Care | Health | Mental health | Families/Parenting | Mental Health | Preventing Care Proceedings
The primary aim of this exploratory study was to examine the...
Returning Children Home From Care: What Can Be Learned From Local Authority Data?
- Social Care | Leaving care | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Leaving Care
Researchers from the University of East Anglia wanted to...
Evaluation of Regional Adoption Agencies 2018-19
- Service configuration | Commissioning | Social Care | Fostering and adoption
This report presents findings from the first stage of the...
Evidence Review: Developing Trauma Informed Practice in Northern Ireland
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection
This large evidence review carried out for the Northern...
Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Presentations in Young People
This study aimed to capture the different ways young people...
Working with Prevent: Social Work Options for Cases of 'Radicalisation Risk
- Social Care | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
The 2015 Prevent duty mandates social workers and other...
Safe Foster Care for Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation
- Social Care | Foster Care | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This study is the first UK evaluation of specialist foster...
'Going Viral' and 'Going Country' the Expressive and Instrumental Activities of Street Gangs on Social Media
- Social Care | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
This study considers the role of the internet in gang...
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