Coming soon: New, updated Foundations Guidebook
Next week Foundations will launch a new, updated Guidebook – a free, easy-to-use online resource, which puts robust evidence to support decision-making across the spectrum of early intervention and children’s services at the fingertips of local decision makers and national policy makers. Finding out what works best to support children and families is not easy, […]
Family Group Conferences: Service design & family experience
Exploring local authority data and monitoring of Family Group Conferences
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.
