PROJECT
Project Crewe
PURPOSE
To improve outcomes for children with child in need plans
FUNDING
£1.4 million from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme
BACKGROUND
Cheshire East Council's children's services department and family support provider Catch 22 were keen to improve outcomes for children in need. While social workers were reacting to crises in child in need cases, the need to prioritise child protection and care work was preventing them devoting enough time to achieving sustainable change. "Children were spending a long time as children in need, without necessarily getting the appropriate interventions," recalls Kate Wareham, Catch 22 director of young people and family services. "That could lead to things getting worse." The organisations went on to jointly develop Project Crewe.
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