Practice Guides: Embedding evidence in Children’s Social Care
How can we support local authorities to use the best available evidence to improve practice in Children’s Social Care? This week Foundations publishes the first in a series of new national Practice Guides that provide local authorities and partner organisations with the most up-to-date and rigorous evidence yet about ‘what works’ in Children’s Social Care […]
Four key principles to help turn the new Labour government’s commitments into effective policy
Last week’s change in government presents a huge opportunity to reset and refocus on the most pressing issues facing children, young people and families. Our Chief Executive Dr Jo Casebourne sets out four key principles that can help ensure the policy vision of the manifesto turns into reality.
Building the evidence to support child victims of domestic abuse
Aoife O’Higgins, Director of Evidence, explains how we will build the evidence needed to transform domestic abuse services, working closely with partners, over the next five years. Last week we launched REACH – Researching Effective Approaches for Children – an ambitious five-year plan to tackle domestic abuse and the damaging impact it has on children […]
Calling local champions: help us build the evidence needed to tackle domestic abuse
As Foundations publishes its ambitious new five year plan to find out what works to prevent domestic abuse and support child victims, Ben Lewing, Assistant Director for Local Development reflects on why this matters. How we respond to victims of domestic abuse and protect our children from its effects feels like a defining issue for […]
The REACH Plan: Going further than ever before to prevent domestic abuse & support child victims
Our Chief Executive, Jo Casebourne, unpacks our ambitious five-year plan to find out what works to protect child victims of domestic abuse, and to transform domestic abuse services. The impact that domestic abuse has on children is one of the most pressing social issues and needs urgent attention. We estimate that this year, 827,000 children […]
Holding our nerve: what the Sure Start findings tell us about how to deliver effective early intervention
Donna Molloy, Deputy Chief Executive, unpacks findings published today by Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), showing the short and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on children’s educational outcomes – and what we should learn from this when working with the next government to ensure children receive targeted, evidence-based early intervention. We have known for a […]
Changemakers: supporting local leaders to bridge the gap between evidence & practice
Assistant Director of Local Development, Ben Lewing, introduces our new ‘Changemakers’ programme – in partnership with the Youth Endowment Fund – outlining how we will be working to close the stubborn gap between what we know works to support children and families and making this support available on the ground through local evidence leadership. It […]
Improving the wellbeing of unaccompanied children seeking asylum: the importance of tailored, evidence-based support
Following the publication of our evaluation of the Refugee Council’s My View Children’s Therapy, a specialised therapeutic service for unaccompanied children seeking asylum, our Chief Executive Dr Jo Casebourne reflects on the distinct challenges faced by this group of children and the need to invest in evidence-based support. In March 2023, over 7,000 unaccompanied children […]
For the NHS, data saves lives, in the children’s sector, data is an afterthought
Is data the first thing you think of when you consider how to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children and families in the country? It might not be. Data is often sidelined because we think data is simply numbers, facts and depersonalised information that is difficult to access and interpret. But good quality […]
Guidance for the sector on evidence-based working: the National Framework and Practice Guides
Following the Department for Education’s publication of the new Children’s Social Care National Framework, our Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy explains how we are working to support the Framework through the creation of evidence-based Practice Guides for leaders and decision makers. Last week, the Department for Education published the Children’s Social Care National Framework, an important […]
