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State of the Nation 2016: Social Mobility in Great Britain

Britain has a deep social mobility problem. In this annual report we present compelling new evidence that for this generation of young people in particular, it is getting worse not better. Low levels...

Forensic Mental Health Social Work: Capabilities Framework

Social work is characterised by its ability to see the individual within the context of their family, their community and the wider society. Legal knowledge and an ability to understand how and when...

Policy changes to implement the NHS five year forward view: a progress report

In October 2014, NHS England and other arms-length bodies published the NHS five year forward view (Forward View) . The Forward View set out a vision of how NHS services need to change to meet the...

Simpler, clearer, more stable: Integrated accountability for integrated care

The accountability framework for any service is the mechanism for determining priorities, allocating resources, monitoring progress, ensuring delivery and learning lessons. The details of reporting...

Getting it right from the start: Improving early years support for deaf children in Scotland

There are as many as 3850 deaf children in Scotland today and we believe that, with the right support and early identification, they can achieve anything other children can achieve. In 2005 the...

Quick Guide: Health and Housing

The NHS Five Year Forward View identified the need for health and social care to work together in the design of future services. Memorandum of Understanding as a commitment to support joint action...

BASW Briefing for Members of Parliament Children and Social Work Bill: Second Reading: Summary of Top Concerns

Despite a number of changes that were made to the Children and Social Work Bill during its time in the House of Lords, The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) remains concerned about key...

What is the impact of social action befriending services at the end-­‐of-­‐life?

Providing compassionate and effective support to people at the end of their life should be a core societal imperative. Whilst health and social care professionals are critically important to...

2016 Community Mental Health Survey: Statistical release

Community mental health services provide care and treatment for people who require mental health care over and above the services provided by primary care. Most mental health services are based...

Collateral Damage: An inquiry into the impact of witnessing a home raid by the police, on the children and the siblings of offenders in England

This inquiry focuses on the impact on children and siblings in England who have witnessed a home raid by the police. Its purpose is to inform police, policy makers and those concerned with the...

VODG Social value toolkit: Mainstreaming social value in social care

At the heart of not-for-profit care and support provision is a drive for social justice, a commitment to tackling the inequalities we see in our communities. Consequently we seek to design and...

Better home care for older people: A quick guide for people who arrange their own home care

80% of people using home care services are over 65 and the number of people funding their own care is expected to grow over the coming years. You will find this quick guide useful if you are paying...

Improving oral health for adults in care homes: A quick guide for care home managers

More than half of older adults who live in care homes have tooth decay, compared to 40% of over 75s who do not live in care homes.

Child- and Parent-reported Outcomes and Experience from Child and Young People’s Mental Health Services 2011–2015

The aim of this report is to share analysis of the routinely collected data related to outcomes for children seen across services taking part in CYP IAPT between April 2011 and December 2015. The...

Children in Custody 2015–16: An analysis of 12–18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training centres and young offender institutions

As part of the inspection process for secure training centres (STCs) and young offender institutions (YOIs), HM Inspectorate of Prisons conducts surveys of the children who are detained. These...

Implications of reductions to public spending for LGB and T people and services

This report presents findings from qualitative research conducted by NatCen Social Research (NatCen) on behalf of UNISON. The purpose of the study was to gain insight into whether, and in what ways,...

UK Initial Report On the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This report describes how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘the Convention’) is being implemented in the UK. It should be read with the UK Common Core Document, which...

The cost of late intervention: EIF analysis 2016

Early intervention is about identifying and responding to signals of risk for children and families before problems become more difficult to reverse, from conception to young adulthood. Early...

Unlocking the power of local reflections on the new Place Leadership

As our economy becomes increasingly globalised, our public policy response needs to become more localised. Global phenomena and national decisions have local consequences. To ensure places are not...

Attitudes Towards LGBT in Scottish Education

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have made fundamental contributions to our society, our history, our literature and our culture. Despite this, many LGBT people are still...

Supporting long-term foster care placements in the independent sector

Match Foster Care (Match) is a small independent fostering provider (IFP) in the West Midlands. Based on their experience of providing long-term placements to various Local Authorities (LAs), Match...

KEEP Standard evaluation

The KEEP (Keeping Foster and Kinship Carers Supported) Standard programme is a group training programme for foster and kinship carers with a child aged 5-12 in placement, which aims to improve the...

RESuLT training: Evaluation report

RESuLT (which represents Residential and Social Learning Theory) is a team-based training programme for children’s homes which has been developed by the National Implementation Service (NIS) based at...

North London Children’s Efficiency Programme (NLCEP) residential innovation project: partnership evaluation

The Department for Education, under the Innovation Fund in Children’s Social Care, funded the North London Children’s Efficiency Programme (NLCEP) to provide a residential unit model for children in...

The evaluation of the Mockingbird Family Model

This project aimed to introduce the Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) into 8 fostering services in England. MFM is an approach to supporting foster carers and children and young people placed with them...

Breaking Through: Moving on from Child Sexual Exploitation

Despite widespread concerns about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the UK, the voices of those who have experienced this often get lost or overlooked in debates about how to respond. In recent...

The future of commissioning

Local commissioning of health services through clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the NHS in England is still relatively new. Yet, since its arrival it has had to continually adapt and respond...

PSNC Briefing 055/16: The Enhanced Health in Care Homes care model

In January 2015, the NHS invited individual organisations and partnerships, including those with the voluntary sector to apply to become vanguard sites for the New Models of Care Programme, one of...

“Living is more important than just surviving”: Listening to what children think about food insecurity

Nourish Scotland was asked by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland to listen to what children think about food insecurity. In this report we use the phrase food insecurity and by...

Local Health and Care Planning: Menu of preventative interventions

The MoI outlines evidence-based, preventative public health interventions that can help improve the health of the population and reduce health and care service demand in the short to medium term...

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children

This thematic report draws together returns from over 100 local authorities in England and supplements this with national data and a literature review to provide an insight into the characteristics...

Community Pharmacy 2016/17 and beyond: The Pharmacy Access Scheme

This document sets out the rules and eligibility criteria for the Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS). The PhAS is one of the elements of the Community Pharmacy reform package to be implemented from...

What children are telling us about bullying

Thousands of children and young people contact Childline every year for advice and support on how to deal with bullying. It is one of the most common issues that children talk to us about. In 2015/16...

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report

This report examines children’s media literacy. It provides detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as detailed information...

The work of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) was established by the Home Secretary in July 2014. It faced serious challenges in its early days with the resignation of two Chairs, before...

Public Perceptions and Experiences of Community-Based End of Life Care Initiatives: A Qualitative Research Report

This report is intended for commissioners of end of life care services, to support new ways of commissioning through using public health approaches to build compassionate communities. To date, there...

Changing risk behaviours and promoting cognitive health in older adults

An alarming proportion of mid-life and older adults are physically inactive, smoke, misuse alcohol, have poor eating patterns and are socially isolated despite growing evidence these behaviours can...

Meeting the need: What makes a 'good' JSNA for mental health or dementia?

Centre for Mental Health investigated what makes a ‘good’ joint strategic needs assessment for mental health or dementia. We visited five local areas to understand how they produced their needs...

The State of Social Care in Great Britain in 2016: Our call for urgent action on social care

Good social care changes people’s lives, enabling them to live independently and participate actively in society. In addition to helping people with everyday activities like washing, dressing and...

Older People’s Care Survey

Older people’s care is vitally important to all of us. Everyone has the right to safe, comfortable and dignified care when they are unable to look after themselves, and no-one should be frightened...

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