Good practice project led by Durham County Council Introduction Durham County Council led a project on behalf of the national team to gather good practice around improving connectivity with the voluntary and community sector. They worked with 19 Local authorities …
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has invested in developing an integrated Start Well model which brings together services that work with families to support children’s development from pre-birth to 5 years and help them to get ready for school. Start Well …
The Barnardo’s Early Help Autism Service provides a joint working model within the Birmingham Children’s Trust. The service provides direct interventions to children and young people with autism and their families. The specialist interventions are specifically related to support with …
Background Prior to the launch of the Early Help Service in 2016, there was a standalone Education Welfare Service (EWS). The EWS carried out enforcement using Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) when leave of absences was taken during term time and further …
To celebrate 10 years of the Supporting Families programme, Sheffield City Council have produced an infographic, https://delta.communities.gov.uk/document-repository/public/download?uri=/document-repository/SF-Infographic-10-years-Nov-22.pdf showcasing the journey of the programme in Sheffield including the successes and sustained changes that families have achieved. Since the initiation of the …
What is a Team Around the School (TAS) model? Team around the School (TAS) models are developing across the country with the aim of supporting schools to identify and support families earlier when the needs arise by increased collaboration with …
I am delighted that my first visit as a Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government was to see the work of the Troubled Families Programme in action in Liverpool …
This has been an important week for the Troubled Families Programme. We have published several updates including the latest from the on-going national evaluation of the programme and also framework documents that will help with the practical delivery of the …
In April this year I became President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS). The role is an absolute privilege and one that I undertake alongside being Director of Children's Services (DCS) for Nottingham City. It gives me …
As a relative newcomer to the Troubled Families Team, it is fascinating to see our programme being used as a policy case study by the Government Performance Lab of the Harvard Kennedy School. The paper, from the graduate professional school …
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Supporting Families helps thousands of families across England to get the help they need to address multiple, complex problems.
