Enhancing Services for Kinship Families: a Kinship Care Practice Guide Session for Local Leaders
Following the launch of the Kinship Care Practice Guide, developed by Foundations and commissioned by the Department for Education, we are holding an online session for local leaders and Kinship Leads on Tuesday 19 November, 9.30-12:00. The Kinship Care Practice Guide is the first in a series of national, evidence-based guidance for leaders in children’s […]
Building the evidence to support kinship carers and the children they care for
Aoife O’Higgins, Director of Evidence announces our new funding call to strengthen the evidence base on what works to support kinship families. Last week Foundations launched a call for funding that invites Expressions of Interest from organisations which support kinship families and want to participate in high quality evaluation of their services. This work will […]
New Kinship Care Practice Guide Set to Transform Support for Kinship Families
14th October 2024 Foundations, the national What Works Centre for Children and Families [1] today publishes the first national Practice Guide on kinship care, [2] designed to help local leaders in children’s services support kinship carers and keep children within their family networks. [3] The Kinship Care Practice Guide brings together the most robust and […]
Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler welcomes first Practice Guide
In this guest blog, Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler shares her insights on the first national Practice Guide on Kinship Care, developed by Foundations and commissioned by the Department for Education. It’s an important week for kinship families. The increasing policy focus on improving support for kinship carers offers a huge opportunity to improve outcomes […]
What interventions improve outcomes for kinship carers & children in their 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.
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Talking with families about parental relationships: Practical tips and guiding questions
This short guide provides practitioners and leads in local areas with practical tips on how to talk to families about parental conflict, and how to alleviate negative feelings about relationship support. Parental conflict can be a sensitive topic for families. We know that conflict between parents is a normal part of relationships, and seeing conflict […]
Developing a relationship support pathway for families: A support pathway model
This tool is designed to help you to develop a relationship support pathway for families in your local area, with the goal of reducing the impact of harmful conflict between parents on children. The starting point for a support pathway is a map of existing services across the continuum of needs in the local area. […]
Putting parental relationships at the heart of Family Hubs
This short guide for professionals working in all areas of Family Hubs summarises the evidence on parental conflict, and provides practical steps for integrating reducing parental conflict (RPC) into local Family Hubs. It also includes the voices of local leaders and parents reflecting on local practice and experience in this area. Evidence shows that parental […]
