PROJECT
Family Valued
PURPOSE
To reduce the need for children to go into care
FUNDING
£4.85m from March 2015 to March 2016, from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation programme
BACKGROUND
Leeds City Council has been developing family group conferencing (FGC) since 2010, enabling family members to resolve difficulties without the need for child protection intervention. Family Valued has enabled the expansion of FGC and the delivery of restorative practice training to more than 6,500 children's professionals.
ACTION
By March this year, 5,128 multi-agency staff had received restorative practice awareness training, helping them facilitate problem-solving among children and families before issues escalate. Meanwhile, 1,500 social workers and targeted support staff received intensive training in this field.
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