Authors Alex Tupper, Ross Broad, Natalia Emanuel, Andy Hollingsworth, Susannah Hume, Chris Larkin, Janna Ter Meer and Michael Sanders
Published by Department for Education, July 2016
SUMMARY
Professional decision making in social work can be influenced by a range of factors, including the availability of information and resources. The Behavioural Insights Team, a social purpose company jointly owned by the government, charity Nesta, and its own employees, was commissioned by the Department for Education to identify factors that might affect social workers' ability to make decisions.
The project involved analysis of data on around 49,000 children who were referred to children's social care at three English local authorities between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2014. The researchers looked at how variables such as the day of the week a referral was received affected the way the case progressed through the system. The researchers emphasise their findings indicate correlations and should not be interpreted as implying cause and effect.
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