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Children, Social work leaders

‘Substantial work’ needed to improve family group conference data, study finds

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Children, Social work leaders

Strong evidence parenting support services improve outcomes for families in adversity, councils told

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils handed guide to what works in supporting kinship families

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Children, Social work leaders

40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

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Children, Social work leaders

Significant disparities in council support for kinship carers revealed by survey

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Children, Social work leaders

Family group conferencing good practice must not be diluted in rollout, experts warn

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Children, Social work leaders

Children more likely to be reunified when parents are referred to family drug and alcohol courts – research

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Children

‘Social work is about promoting participation – social work research should be too’

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Children

‘We can respect rights while finding out what works in social care’

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Children, Social work leaders

Over 2,000 children per year could avoid care through family group conference rollout – research

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Little known’ about which practice models work best amid ‘huge variation’ in approach – evidence body

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