The pioneering programme emerged triumphant on Wednesday evening in three categories - Early Years, Family Support and Child Protection - at a gala ceremony at the Hurlingham Club on the banks of the Thames.
The service works with highly vulnerable families that have previously had children taken into care. It intervenes as early as 15 weeks into a pregnancy, to ensure newborns receive the best possible start. Forty per cent of birth parents have been able to take their baby home from hospital on the back of receiving parenting skills and ongoing support.
Other babies have gone on to be placed for adoption or in kinship care arrangements as a result of multi-agency planning meetings occurring early on between the family, social workers, health professionals and specialist adult services, building trust with parents whatever the outcome.
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