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Trends in Child Protection: England

Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide a child protection (social work) service for the most vulnerable children. They have a number of statutory functions under the 1989 and 2004...

Bringing the global to the local: Review of global trends in the prevalence and services for child maltreatment in order to inform research, policy and practice in England

Research shows that child maltreatment is prevalent and impacts on the health and well-being of children in every society. This report presents for the first time international trend and prevalence...

Autism Self-Assessment Exercise 2016: Detailed report and thematic analyses

As a result of the Autism Act (2), the first Adult Autism Strategy (Fulfilling and Rewarding lives) was published in 2010 (3). This was followed by a new and updated strategy – Think Autism in 2014 (...

Social care: A prefunded solution

Policymakers since the 1990s have overpromised and underdelivered on social care. Consultations and policy reviews have come and gone, but little has changed for those needing long-term support in...

Delivery costs extra: can STPs survive without the funding they need?

England’s health service is under increasing strain. For too long the Government has been underfunding the NHS, resulting in a predicted £30 billion funding gap each year by 2020/21. This is...

Preventing offending: Getting it right for children and young people

In Scotland we have a proud record of taking a holistic approach to the needs of our children and young people. For those involved in offending we remain committed to tackling the cause and impact of...

Winter Warning: Managing risk in health and care this winter

Earlier this year the NHS experienced what many consider to be one of the toughest winters on record. Twelve-hour trolley waits in A&E departments and ambulance diverts increased. Performance...

Building the Future: Children and the Sustainable Development Goals in Rich Countries

The Sustainable Development Goals have set ambitious targets that apply to rich countries as well as poor. The most telling sign of a nation’s progress towards meeting those goals will be how well it...

Guide to Healthy Living: Mosques

Public Health England together with Birmingham City Council and KIKIT Pathways to Recovery have produced this guide to show what is possible when mosques harness their commitment, faith and resources...

Cities, the social economy and inclusive growth: a practice review

This report explores the actual and potential roles of the social economy in bringing about inclusive growth that generates more and better jobs in cities, particularly for people who are either in...
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Minutes of the one hundred and twenty seventh meeting of Council held on Wednesday, 24th May 2017

Evaluation of Birmingham City Council’s Step Down Programme

The Step Down Programme is a partnership between Birmingham City Council and Core Assets which started in July 2014 to bring young people out of residential homes into foster placements. It is...

How safe are our children? 2017

This year’s How safe are our children? report puts into sharp focus the fight for every childhood. There’s no doubt we are seeing more work being done to keep children safe from harm than ever before...

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC): World Health Organization Collaborative Cross National Study

This report presents the findings for England from the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) World Health Organization (WHO) collaborative study. It provides an up to date view of...

What matters to Carers? Is a ‘What Matters’ conversation an assessment?

In her first annual statement on the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, the Minister for Social Services said in respect of carers: We are proud ... that the Act has given enhanced...

A Mental Health Act fit for tomorrow An agenda for reform

The Mental Health Act 1983 sets out the legal framework for compulsory powers in England and Wales. It has a huge impact on the lives of individuals needing mental health treatment and their families...

Piloting and Evaluating the ‘See Me, Hear Me’ Framework for working with Child Sexual Exploitation

The ‘See Me, Hear Me’ (SMHM) Framework sets out a child-centred multi-agency approach for preventing the sexual exploitation of children, which focuses on identifying, protecting and supporting the...

Social media and children’s mental health: a review of the evidence

It is over a decade since the exponential growth of social media began and research into this aspect of our modern lives is therefore in its infancy. In this new report, the Education Policy...

The New Orleans Intervention Model: Early Implementation in a London Borough

The New Orleans Intervention Model (NIM) is the name given to a service approach that provides intensive assessment and treatment for families of children aged 0-5 years in foster care, which informs...

Children and young people's mental health - policy, services, funding and education

Mental health problems which begin in childhood and adolescene lead to significant distress, with a range of negative impacts on individuals and families, and these can continue into adult life...

United Kingdom, Country Drug Report 2017

This report presents the top-level overview of the drug situation in the United Kingdom, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. The statistical...

Charities taking charge: transforming to face a changing world

Over the last 15 years NPC has worked with charities, funders, philanthropists, and others to support them to deliver the greatest possible impact for the causes and beneficiaries they exist to serve...

A Trade in People: The inpatient healthcare economy for people with learning disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder

On the 31st of May 2011 the BBC programme Panorama's Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed was broadcast. It would lead to the prosecution and conviction of 11 members of staff, the closure of...

ADASS Budget Survey 2017

The ADASS budget survey has tracked social care budgets and expenditure over a number of years. The 2016 survey set out key pressures and drew commentary, later echoed from a different perspective...

Dementia: Supporting confident social work practice with people living with dementia

The experience of people with dementia is central to the resource. The case studies and practice guidance draw on evidence from people’s lived experiences. The practice guidance is based on A manual...

Safe Young Lives: Young People and domestic abuse

This report will discuss young people and domestic abuse. It is part of our ‘Spotlight’ series which focuses on ‘hidden’ groups of domestic abuse victims or those with unmet needs, and proposes...

Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs): What, why and where next?

The NHS is facing one of the most challenging periods in its history. A toxic combination of ever rising demand and stagnant funding growth means that the service is facing a funding gap of more than...

Integration and Better Care Fund planning requirements for 2017-19

1. The Department of Health (DH) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have published a detailed policy framework1 for the implementation of the Better Care Fund in 2017-18...

Defining child vulnerability: Definitions, frameworks and groups

The Children’s Commissioner’s Office commissioned Alma Economics, Coram International, Aldaba and Cordis Bright to undertake some groundwork and a feasibility assessment for a report on vulnerable...

Measuring health vulnerabilities

Aldaba (‘we’) was tasked by the Children’s Commissioner Office (‘the Commissioner’) to review the information available in the public domain in relation to the health of vulnerable children (‘the...

Estimating the number of vulnerable children (29 groups)

Robust information on the number of vulnerable children is essential for effective, efficient and targeted service provision. With information on prevalence, practitioners and policymakers can...

Estimating the number of vulnerable children

This technical paper provides an overview of the methodology and data sources used to obtain aggregate totals for children with different vulnerability types and children from disadvantaged...

Constructing a Definition of Vulnerability – Attempts to Define and Measure

Legislation, guidance and agency policies and procedures are littered with references to ‘vulnerable children’. However there is no guarantee that they are talking about the same group of children,...

Assessment of the outcomes of vulnerable children

The Office of the Children’s Commissioner commissioned Cordis Bright to conduct rapid exploratory research to investigate differential outcomes both in childhood and adulthood associated with being a...

On measuring the number of vulnerable children in England

We provide in this report preliminary and experimental estimates of the number of vulnerable children. By “vulnerability” we mean here the additional needs or barriers children face may make them...

Hidden Savings: How Rainbow Trust childen's charity save money for the health and social care system

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides emotional and practical support to families where a child has a life threatening or terminal illness. We provide ‘social palliative care’, which we define as...

Intentional self-harm in adolescence: An analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014

This report summarises data on self-harm informed by an analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014. The data draws on responses from 5,335...

Wellbeing of adolescent girls: An analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014

This report summarises data on girls’ emotional health and wellbeing, informed by an analysis of data from the health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC) study for England, 2014.1 The data draws...

Cyberbullying: An analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014

This report summaries data on cyberbullying informed by an analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study for England, 2014. The data draws on responses from 5,335...

Qualitative opportunities into user experiences of tier 2 and tier 3 weight management services

England is facing an obesity epidemic; by the time children enter primary school, more than 1 in 5 are already overweight or obese, and by the time they leave school, that figure increases to more...

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