The organisation, alongside evaluation experts Verian and Alma Economics, will look at key government initiatives launched in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, focusing on The Families First for Children Pathfinder and Family Network Pilot schemes.
The evaluation will test out key reforms, drawing on evidence and existing good practice from other government programmes designed “to protect children from harm and offer the right help to families at the earliest opportunity”.
The first wave of local areas participating in the Families First for Children Pathfinder are Dorset, Lincolnshire, and Wolverhampton.
Backed by just under £40m in funding, the pathfinder is aimed at testing system transformation in four key areas: family help, child protection, family-led solutions, and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
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