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Talking Research in Children’s Social Care Podcast

Talking Research in Children’s Social Care Podcast

By What Works For Children's Social Care

Welcome to the Talking Research in Children’s Social Care Podcast from What Works for Children's Social Care - bringing you the latest on evidence-based practice to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
In each episode we will be discussing our new research and what this means for practitioners and the families they work with. We will be hearing from researchers, participants, senior leaders and social workers.
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Social work during COVID-19 with Richard Devine, a social worker in BANES

Talking Research in Children’s Social Care PodcastJul 24, 2020

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Understanding residential care for children in care in England
Oct 19, 202225:02
Commissioning secure children’s home placements in England

Commissioning secure children’s home placements in England

In this episode of this series, Head of Practice Development, Nimal Jude, looks in more detail at our report into the commissioning of secure children’s home placements in England. She is joined by Eleanor Briggs, Director of Research, who helps explain the widely reported discrepancies between bed occupancies in secure children’s homes and demand, as well as the challenges faced in allocating suitable places.

Nimal also talks to Alice Roe, a lead researcher at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory  (NFJO) to find out what the findings from our report into secure children’s homes means for the sector, how it fits with NFJO’s own research and the next steps.

"Understanding residential care for children in care in England" is part of a series of research we contributed to the recent Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.

Contributors:

Presenter: Nimal Jude, Head of Practice Development at What Works for Children's Social Care

Interviews with: 

Eleanor Briggs, Director of Policy at What Works for Children’s Social Care

Alice Roe, researcher at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

Contact:

If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast, please get in touch:

info@whatworks-csc.org.uk

www.whatworks-csc.org.uk

Twitter: @whatworksCSC

The full and summary report are available here: whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/commissioning-secure-childrens-home-placements-in-england/

Oct 18, 202227:20
Understanding service provision for children in need in England

Understanding service provision for children in need in England

In this episode of the podcast, Director of Practice Anna Bacchoo discusses the findings of our report into the support offered to children and their families on a Child in Need plan. Along with Director of Research, Aoife O'Higgins, they explore how the report added to the limited existing knowledge base to create a clearer picture, not only of who the children on these plans are, but how the plan is delivered and what it achieves.

"Understanding service provision for Children in Need in England" is part of a series of research we contributed to the recent Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.

Contributors:

Presenter: Anna Bacchoo, Director of Practice

Interview with: Aoife O'Higgins, Director of Research at What Works for Children’s Social

Contact:

If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast. please get in touch:

info@whatworks-csc.org.uk

www.whatworks-csc.org.uk

Twitter: @whatworksCSC

The full and summary report are available here: whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/understanding-service-provision-for-children-in-need-in-england/

Oct 12, 202214:25
Understanding formal kinship care arrangements in England
Oct 06, 202223:07
Strengthening Families, Protecting Children - Family Valued

Strengthening Families, Protecting Children - Family Valued

In this episode we discussed our pilot evaluation of Family Valued. This study was part of the Strengthening Families Protecting Children (SFPC) programme and commissioned by the  Department for Education.

SFPC aims to support local authorities to introduce one of three models of practice into their own area. These models hope to enable more children to stay in safe and stable family environments, so that fewer children need to be taken into care.

Family Valued was originally developed by Leeds City Council as part of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme and we ran our pilot in Darlington. The initiative is a whole system approach to children’s safeguarding that involves training in Restorative Practice and establishing or expanding Family Group Conference (FGC) services in the local authority. It also entails carrying out a review of all existing local systems and then commissioning new restorative services to address any gaps in provision.

Contributors:

Presenter Nimal Jude, our Head of Practice Development, talks to the report’s research lead Hannah Collyer.


Get in touch:

If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast., please get in touch:

You can also read the pilot report in full here: Family Valued

Aug 15, 202218:37
Strengthening Families Protecting Children - No Wrong Door

Strengthening Families Protecting Children - No Wrong Door

In this episode we’ll be discussing the recent pilot evaluation of No Wrong Door, part of the Strengthening Families Protecting Children (SFPC) programme and commissioned by the  Department for Education.

SFPC aims to support local authorities to introduce one of three models of practice into their own area. These models hope to enable more children to stay in safe and stable family environments, so that fewer children need to be taken into care.

No Wrong Door was developed by North Yorkshire County Council. The initiative takes a multidisciplinary approach, with a team from several different sectors providing support to young people in or on the edge of care, through a range of services, outreach and accommodation options. The model was originally designed to support young people aged 12 - 25.

Our pilot evaluation was of No Wrong Door in Middlesbrough, who launched their Futures for Families, to support children aged 11 - 18 using the No Wrong Door model.

Contributors:

Presenter Nimal Jude, our Head of Practice Development, talks to the report’s research lead Hannah Collyer. 


Contact:

If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast., please get in touch:

You can also read the pilot report in full here: No Wrong Door

Aug 15, 202219:59
Strengthening Families, Protecting Children - Family safeguarding with Cambridgeshire County Council

Strengthening Families, Protecting Children - Family safeguarding with Cambridgeshire County Council

In this episode we discuss our pilot evaluation of Family Safeguarding, part of the Strengthening Families Protecting Children (SFPC) programme commissioned by the Department for Education.

SFPC aims to support local authorities to introduce one of three models of practice into their own area. These models hope to enable more children to stay in safe and stable family environments, so that fewer children need to be taken into care. This was the first report we published as part of SFPC  in June 2021.

Family Safeguarding was launched in Cambridgeshire in February 2020 just before the COVID-19 lockdown. The initiative is a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguarding, with adult specialist practitioners in mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse working alongside children’s social workers.

Contributors:

Presenter Nimal Jude, our Head of Practice Development, talks to the report’s research lead Hannah Collyer.

Later in the podcast Nimal catches up with Sam Howlett, Head of Family Safeguarding at Cambridgeshire County Council, to hear about her experience of being part of the Family Safeguarding pilot.

Contact:

If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast, please get in touch:

You can also read the pilot report in full here: Family Safeguarding

Aug 15, 202223:04
The Future of Children's Services Under Covid. Jenny Cole - President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services
Nov 13, 202028:01
Inclusion and Care in Schools During Covid with Rachael Pryor -Bristol City Council
Sep 24, 202018:01
Communication, cooperation, calmness and coffee breaks
Sep 04, 202033:04
Relationships and partnerships - Jenny Turnross discusses how Birmingham are responding to COVID-19
Aug 15, 202035:03
Julia Hassall, Rochdale - resilience and Skype discos during lockdown
Jul 31, 202028:39
Social work during COVID-19 with Richard Devine, a social worker in BANES
Jul 24, 202021:41
 Special Edition - in conversation with Dr Peter Sidebotham about the new Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report

Special Edition - in conversation with Dr Peter Sidebotham about the new Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report

Jul 17, 202026:44
The COVID-19 response in North Yorkshire - with Martin Kelly OBE
Jul 10, 202018:41
Domestic abuse and COVID-19 - in conversation with Jo Silver, SafeLives
Jul 03, 202033:24
How Stockport's Children's Services are responding to COVID-19 - in conversation with Chris McLoughlin
Jun 26, 202019:02
Care Experienced Children in Higher Education

Care Experienced Children in Higher Education

Thank you for listening to the What Works for Children’s Social Care podcast.

You can read our report on Care-experienced Young People and Higher Education:

https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/care-experienced-young-people-and-higher-education/

Find out more about our joint call, in partnership with Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) for evidence and practice on programmes which aim to increase the progression to, and success in, higher education, of young people who are, or have been, in care:

https://taso.org.uk/get-involved/call-for-evidence/

Find out more about TASO and their work:

https://taso.org.uk/

Find out more about Become and their work:

https://www.becomecharity.org.uk/

Children in care, care leavers, or those supporting them can get help and advice:
Freephone 0800 023 2033 or email advice@becomecharity.org.uk
https://becomecharity.org.uk/for-young-people/care-advice-line/

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for upcoming topics, please get in touch by emailing info@whatworks-csc.org.uk

You can also follow us on Twitter @whatworksCSC

Jun 23, 202035:57
How Social Work England is responding to COVID-19 - a conversation with Colum Conway, Social Work England

How Social Work England is responding to COVID-19 - a conversation with Colum Conway, Social Work England

Thank you for listening to the What Works for Children’s Social Care podcast - COVID-19 special.

In this episode, Michael Sanders, Chief Executive of What Works for Children’s Social Care, is talking with Colum Conway, Chief Executive of Social Work England.

They discuss how Social Work England has transformed to remote working in order to continue to fulfill its duties as a regulator. Colum also discusses how Social Work England is working to strengthen and replenish the workforce to support students, higher education and training providers and ASYE social workers, as well as encouraging former or non-practicing social workers back into the workplace.

You can find out more about Social Work England and the work they do here:

https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/

@SocialWorkEng

Information and resources relating to COVID-19 can be found here: https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/coronavirus/

If you are interested in temporarily registering with Social Work England to offer support during this period, you can find more details here

https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/registration/social-workers-with-temporary-registration/

You can find out more about Social Work Together - helping social workers return to practice to support the local response to COVID-19 - here: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/lga/displayjob.aspx?jobid=936

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for upcoming topics, please get in touch by emailing info@whatworks-csc.org.uk

You can also follow us on Twitter @whatworksCSC

Jun 08, 202027:49
Children and young People In Care During Covid - Lee Mauve Patron of Become

Children and young People In Care During Covid - Lee Mauve Patron of Become

May 29, 202018:06
School Partnerships - Steve Walker Leeds City Council
May 20, 202024:42
Andy Elvin CEO of TACT - Foster Care in the Time of Covid
May 15, 202029:54
WWCSC Talks - In conversation with Charlotte Ramsden, Strategic Director for People at Salford City Council - COVID-19 Special episode
May 07, 202024:00
Devolved Budgets - discussing discretionary spending by social workers in children's social care

Devolved Budgets - discussing discretionary spending by social workers in children's social care

Apr 30, 202029:05