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,...
Preventing Care Proceedings
How do children's social care professionals work to keep families together, what are the examples of innovation, and what is the evidence base on their effectiveness? View our archive of case studies, features and research.
In-depth
Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services
- Management | Commissioning | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care
Dr Karen Bateson, clinical psychologist and Wook Hamilton,...
Special Report on Early Help
- Children's Services | Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
With the Care Review finding a system increasingly geared...
Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency safeguarding
- Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Attachment & Neglect
After a pandemic-induced hiatus, joint targeted area...
We are the social work champions
- Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care | Children's Services
Yorkshire and the Humber region’s Children’s Social Work...
Digital Innovation in Social Care: Special Report
- Social Care | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings
The pandemic has required children’s social care to embrace...
Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Social Care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings | Youth Offending | Leaving Care | Adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative...
Triple P helps Nottingham expand support for families
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings
Nottingham City Council says the adoption of Triple P has...
Parenting Programmes: Special Report
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings
Parenting programmes aim to give parents the insights and...
Children’s letters give parents insight into the impact of their conflict
- Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service...
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report
- Children's Services | Early help | Health | Mental health | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings
Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)...
Interview: Jacky Tiotto, Cafcass chief executive
- Family courts and Cafcass | Interview | Preventing Care Proceedings
Derren Hayes speaks to Jacky Tiotto, chief executive of...
Early Help: Special Report
- Early help | Social Care | Homelessness | Leaving care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Preventing Care Proceedings
Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care...
Duty of care: key questions
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Child abuse lawyer Peter Garsden explains the implications...
Troubled Families programme: its impact and what should replace it
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
An evaluation of the government's Troubled Families...
Legal Update: Preventative and early intervention services
- Children's rights | Legal | Preventing Care Proceedings
Early help prevents problems faced by children and families...
Councils develop programmes to reduce impact of parent conflict
- Youth Justice | Preventing Care Proceedings
Councils took part in a pilot to reduce parental conflict...
The future of early intervention: roundtable debate
- Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
Children's services leaders discussed how local authorities...
Government turns to innovation programme to address care rise
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Three projects aimed at preventing children coming into care...
Frontline funds: social workers to get budgets to support families
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Councils are to trial giving social workers money to spend...
Restructuring children's services on early intervention approach
- Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
EIF blueprint for the future of early help recommends better...
The team you call out in a crisis
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Liverpool's Instant Response Team works with families to...
New Ofsted social care chief hails era of intelligence-led inspections
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's new director of social care, says...
Help for children of alcoholics
- Health | Drugs and alcohol | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Councils should create drop-in centres to support children...
Special Report: Early Help
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Council early help services are changing. With budgets...
Helping Birmingham Families Early: The 'Signs of Safety and Wellbeing' Practice Framework
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
The authors discuss the Signs of Safety and Wellbeing...
Leadership: Scaling up interventions
- Early help | Leadership | Service configuration | Preventing Care Proceedings
Once the value of an innovative intervention for children...
Early help's new protagonist: Jo Casebourne, chief executive, the Early Intervention Foundation
- Early help | Interview | Preventing Care Proceedings
Derren Hayes speaks to Jo Casebourne, chief executive, the...
Legal Update: How to tackle repeat removals
- Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Safeguarding and child protection | Legal | Preventing Care Proceedings
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram...
Your guide to the Children and Social Work Act
- Education | Sexual health | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Leaving care | Safeguarding and child protection | PSHE Education | Foster Care | Leaving Care | Adoption | Preventing Care Proceedings | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
What the act means for everyday practice across the...
Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Social workers are among the most important people in the...
Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Academic whose research underpins new government drive to...
The policy context on preventing care proceedings
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Preventing Care Proceedings
In the face of tightening council budgets and rising demand...
What kind of family support can avert looming care system crisis?
- Management | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Record rise in number of care applications has prompted...
Good Practice
Local Spotlight: Lambeth Council
- Children's Services | Child poverty | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Preventing Care Proceedings
Corporate commitment to boosting children and young people’s...
Family Links nurtures parents’ emotional skills
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings
Family Links’ Nurturing Programme aims to strengthen family...
Parents hone their skills thanks to extra support
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Parenting programmes and workshops develop families’ skills...
Local Spotlight: Bracknell Forest Council
- Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care | Ofsted
Affluent South East commuter belt authority is delivering...
Reorganisation enhances Westminster early help support
- Children's Services | Early help | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings
Inner London council turns children’s centres into family...
Positive changes for children at the edge of care
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Struggling families with children at risk of being taken...
Parent partner programmes, US
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Parent partner programmes bring together parents whose...
Multi-agency service reduces need for care in Manchester
- Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
A jointly-commissioned, multi-agency, early intervention...
Early help culture pays dividends in Lincolnshire
- Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
Early help strategy cuts across all services for children...
Coventry partnership takes action to tackle problems early
- Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
Ignite supports some of Coventry's most vulnerable families...
How Baby Steps helps put new parents on a firm footing
- Families/Parenting | Attachment & Neglect | Preventing Care Proceedings
NSPCC programme sees new parents who may be less likely to...
How young mothers overcome threat of homelessness
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Charity M3 Project supports teenage mothers and pregnant...
Help volunteers support families
- Leadership | Preventing Care Proceedings
Volunteer mentor programmes for those on child protection or...
Child development early warning system, Andalucía, Spain
- Health | Children's Services | Preventing Care Proceedings
Geographically, Andalucía is a mix of popular coastal resort...
Measuring the quality of care
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
In the last in a series of articles, the NSPCC explains how...
Strength-based social work, Australia
- Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Like the UK, Australia has seen rising demand for child...
Seven features of practice
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Projects in the first phase of the Children's Social Care...
Sandwell Family Partners
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Practitioners identify issues vulnerable families may face...
School-Home Support
- Education | Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Practitioners work with families to address the root causes...
Shine, Hudson Children's Centre
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Children's centre develops 10-week programme for new mums...
Juvenile Firesetters Intervention Scheme
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Targeted, individually-tailored one-to-one programme aims to...
International Focus: SOS Children's Villages, Finland
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Finland has a population of 5.5 million. Despite being a...
How intervention helps families to turn a corner
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Targeted intervention programme helps families to change...
Local Spotlight: Brighton & Hove Council
- Leadership | Preventing Care Proceedings
Brighton's seafront and night-time economy are attractions...
How children at risk get multi-agency support
- Children's Services | Homelessness | Preventing Care Proceedings
Social care and housing staff join forces to offer support...
Brighter Futures, Ealing Council
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among...
Leeds City Council
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services'...
The Team Around the Relationship, Brighton & Hove
- Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Preventing Care Proceedings
Brighton & Hove City Council's relationship-based practice...
Cafcass Plus
- Family courts and Cafcass | Preventing Care Proceedings
Programme that introduces a family court adviser into the...
Action for Children - Multisystemic therapy, Manchester
- Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Youth Offending | Preventing Care Proceedings
Intensive, home-based programme supporting young people on...
Early FDAC (Families Do Achieve Change)
- Drugs and alcohol | Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Preventing Care Proceedings
Pre-proceedings version of the Family Drug and Alcohol...
How parents take action to end cycle of care
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Preventing Care Proceedings
Programme of support for parents that have had children...
Legal Update: FDAC works to keep families united
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Safeguarding and child protection | Legal | Preventing Care Proceedings
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram...
Research
Adverse outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage
Disadvantage in early childhood – 0 to 5 years old – is...
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...
Enhancing Outcomes of Low-Intensity Parenting Groups Through Sufficient Exemplar Training: A Randomized Control Trial
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Low-intensity parenting programmes play an important role in...
The Cost-Effectiveness of UK Parenting Programmes for Preventing Children’s Behaviour Problems – A Review of the Evidence
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
This paper reviews the economic evidence available to...
Making Fathers Relevant: How Practitioners Include Both Parents in Talk About Parenting Programmes
- Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
This paper reports on a study that investigated parental...
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...
Couple Relationship Quality and the Infant Home Language Environment
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
Researchers from the Centre for Family Research at the...
Children's Health and Development: Approaches to Early Identification and Intervention
- Health | Early help | Preventing Care Proceedings
This article summarises the evidence around effective...
Intensive Interventions Suitable for Children on the Edge of Care: Report and Recommendations for Social Finance
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
This report identifies the interventions that are effective...
Engaging on the 'Front Line': Exploring How Family Support Teams Construct Meaning in Their Work With Young Mothers
- Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
This paper explores the provision of family support services...
Referrals and Child Protection in England: One in Five Children Referred to Children's Services and One in Nineteen Investigated before the Age of Five
- Families/Parenting | Safeguarding and child protection | Preventing Care Proceedings
This quantitative study focuses on the high proportion of...
The Effectiveness of the Incredible Years Pre-school Parenting Programme in the United Kingdom: a Pragmatic Randomised Trial
- Early help | Families/Parenting | Preventing Care Proceedings
The authors discuss the findings of an evaluation of the...
Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England
- Children's Services | Safeguarding and child protection | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings
This study set out to discover the factors behind children...
Exploring Communication Between Social Workers, Children and Young People
- Families/Parenting | Social Care | Preventing Care Proceedings
This paper discusses findings from the ethnographic phase of...
Special Report: Preventing care proceedings - Research evidence
- Drugs and alcohol | Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Preventing Care Proceedings
The research section for this special report is based on a...
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