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Funding Adult Social Care in England

Social care in England is funded through: central government funds allocated to the local council; council tax revenues; individuals’ contributions to their council care package, and/or to services...

From Vision to Action

We were asked to consider the provision of social services over the coming decade and to look particularly at: the development of professional practice; building inclusive social services; effecting...

From the inside out

Neil W Jones, a social worker in the Youth Offending Service, outlines the challenges and rewards of working alongside some of the most disaffected young people in the country, highlighting, in...

From Safety Net to Springboard

Care and support should be everyone’s concern. It should engage individuals, families and communities, business and employers, planners, house builders and all providers of public services, from...

Forty years since Seebohm

The second of a series of seminars jointly organised by Making Research Count (MRC) and the Social Work History Network (SWHN) discussed the implementation of the hugely influential Seebohm report in...

Focus on forensic social work

Terry Henson, Sarah Whittall and Diane Pattinson of the St Andrew’s Healthcare Men’s Service reveal the findings of their study on the nature of forensic social work practice.

Financial management of personal budgets 

This report reviews the challenges in setting up personal budgets and illustrates good practice in meeting those challenges.

Family justice review: interim report

Every year 500,000 children and adults are involved in the family justice system. They turn to it at times of great stress and conflict. The issues faced by the system are hugely difficult, emotional...

Family Justice Review Final Report

This is our final report, which reflects our conclusions following well over 600 responses to our consultation and input from meetings in many parts of the country.

Families with children in Britain: Findings from the 2008 Families and Children Study (FACS)

The 2008 Families and Children Study (FACS) is the last in a series of ten annual surveys to investigate the circumstances of British families with dependent children.

Fairer Care Funding Volume 1

This is a set of proposals that will concentrate help on those with the greatest needs, give peace of mind to all and create a new partnership between the public and private public and voluntary...

Living Well in Later Life

By working together, the three commissions were able to build a picture of the whole system of services that older people use from care services to services that contribute towards wellbeing and...

Local Authority Child Poverty Innovation Pilot Second Synthesis Report

The Local Authority Child Poverty Innovation Pilot (LAIP) was established by Child Poverty Unit (CPU) in 2009 and ends in March 2011. Ten local authorities were successful in their proposals for...

Local Authority Child Poverty Innovation Pilot

This is the first report from the national evaluation of the Child Poverty Local Authority Innovation Pilot (LAIP). The Pilot was announced in Ending child poverty: everybody’s business (HMT, 2008)...

Local authority child poverty innovation pilot evaluation: Third synthesis report

This is the third report of the national evaluation of the Local Authority Child Poverty Innovation Pilot (LAIP). The programme trials locally appropriate and innovative approaches to addressing...

Lone parents and employment: an exploration of findings from the Families and Children Study 2006-08

The rise in child poverty in the decade leading up to 1999 has, in part, been attributed to the increase in workless lone parent households. Research has consistently pointed at parental worklessness...

Loneliness compendium: Examples from research and practice

Major life transitions may lead to increased risk of loneliness (for example relocation, bereavement, retirement, break up or loss of important relationships), as may situations which make someone...

Looked-after Children 2008

Time in care is generally seen by professionals and the wider public as something to be avoided at all costs. Despite the dedication and perseverance of social workers and carers, the outcomes and...

Making the personalisation of care and support work for all communities in the English regions

Personalisation represents a range of approaches to service delivery with a number of services introduced to support the personalisation agenda. These include: person centred planning, self-directed...

Means to an End

Councils and NHS bodies must work together to provide responsive services for people who need both health and social care. This report examines how they jointly fund such partnerships and the impact...

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