Alongside colleagues at What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC), I first started working with the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care research team in March 2021, just as the review launched. We quickly learnt that the scale and scope of the review was vast, but that the time to complete it was short.
Our task was to generate evidence and provide independent research support to the team. Our vision was for a review that would draw on the best research evidence available and use it alongside all the other information and insights it gathered to drive thinking, challenge partners, generate new ideas and ultimately to make recommendations that would improve the lives of children and families.
Our approach
By May 2022, we had produced four new research reports, published four systematic reviews (three of which were commissioned externally) and created several rapid evidence summaries. We also polled social workers on questions the review team were grappling with.
Our research programme was born out of collaborative and searching conversations between the review team and the WWCSC research team.
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