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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Young carers are children and young people under the age of 18 who provide care, assistance, or support to a family member, carrying out significant caring tasks and assuming a level of responsibility usually associated with an adult.

Supporting Families gets major revamp

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Experts welcome flagship programme’s new focus on measuring change in outcomes but some fear lack of funding will hold it back.

Review of children’s social care system prioritises family help

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

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Care Review’s final report includes ‘radical’ proposals to redefine family support, shift council early help services into local multi-disciplinary teams, and trial the delegation of responsibilities to community-based providers.

International Focus: Perinatal care, Australia

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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The cost to the UK of perinatal mental health difficulties is estimated to be £8bn annually. Jill Domoney visited Australia, a world-leader in this field, to see how agencies there support new parents and infants.

Promoting respect for diversity in the community

Best Practice

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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Groundbreaking programme helps parents realise how their behaviour and prejudices affect their children and others, so they can develop respect for difference.

Supporting families to help themselves

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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Glasgow-based charity 3D Drumchapel has supported families in one of the most deprived areas in Scotland for more than 20 years. Charlotte Goddard explores the challenges and keys to success.

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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Advocates of family hubs say new government funding will help establish a network of family support facilities that complements the early years focus of children’s centres, but some fear it signals the "death knell" for them.

Oxfordshire’s collaborative model for sustainable change in families

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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The Care Review’s Case for Change report set out why the children’s social care system needs to provide more support for families.

Legal Update: Preparing for the adoption assessment process

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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How prospective adopters are prepared for assessment can make or break an adoption, says Jane Poore, adoption consultant at CoramBAAF.

Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) – tackling violence

Funding

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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Launched in October 2020, the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is an independent charitable trust that was founded with a £200m Home Office endowment by Impetus, a charity supporting disadvantaged young people. Its latest funding round is aiming to invest £10m in family support projects that prevent involvement in violence when children become older.

Inspectors slam quality of SEND support in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

News

Thursday, September 2, 2021

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Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is blighted by a “blame culture” and “lack of urgency” to improve, inspectors have found.

Councils focus on tackling multiple problems

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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How two councils will invest in innovative approaches to support better outcomes for young adults living with a range of linked disadvantages.

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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National Literacy Trust supports parents and under-fives to “chat, play and read” as part of DfE-funded social mobility initiative.

Should ‘free’ childcare be for the most disadvantaged only?

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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An NAO report suggests funded childcare may damage social mobility because better-off families make better use of entitlements. Three experts assess if it should only be available to disadvantaged families.

Council redesigns care pathway to boost SLC support

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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Nottingham City Council aims to boost social mobility by developing a shared speech, language and communication (SLC) strategy.

Social Mobility in the Early Years: Special Report

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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Interventions to boost young children’s outcomes and narrow the attainment gap aim to improve social mobility. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, research and examples of best practice.

Online programs as tools to improve parenting: A meta-analytic review

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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This review provides an assessment of 11 web-based parenting interventions in 12 studies. The authors highlight the potential of using the internet to offer parenting support/interventions.

Rethinking early intervention

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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A decade on from his seminal report, Graham Allen says early intervention needs a fresh sense of purpose.

Why Families on a Low Income are Spending More During Covid-19

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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The Pandemic Pressures study is a collaboration between the Resolution Foundation think-tank and the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities research project at the University of York. In general, average household spending has fallen by 10 per cent during the pandemic with decreased spend on leisure activities, meals out, holidays and commuting costs.

Enhancing Outcomes of Low-Intensity Parenting Groups Through Sufficient Exemplar Training: A Randomized Control Trial

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Low-intensity parenting programmes play an important role in a public health approach to parenting support that aims to reduce the prevalence of child conduct problems at a population level.

The Cost-Effectiveness of UK Parenting Programmes for Preventing Children’s Behaviour Problems – A Review of the Evidence

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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This paper reviews the economic evidence available to support or question claims that parenting programmes can be a cost-effective component in early intervention packages.

Triple P helps Nottingham expand support for families

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Nottingham City Council says the adoption of Triple P has improved choice of support for families and is delivering better outcomes.

Parenting Programmes: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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The focus of parenting support has tended to be on interventions with pre-school age children, such as Coram Family and Childcare’s Parent Champions programme which is a peer support network (see expert view).

Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Local Spotlight