Recent SafeLives’ research estimates that when children start primary school at least one child in every classroom will have lived with domestic abuse since they were born. They have lived with abuse for their whole lives, and know nothing …
‘Information sharing’, or ‘sharing information’, whichever way you say it, are two words which sound so easy. And many people who work within the public sector don’t even consider information sharing as a specific ‘thing’ or an extra to their …
A new and independent Care Quality Commission (CQC) review of mental health services has set out how local systems can ensure that children and young people have timely access to high-quality mental health care. The CQC was asked by the …
Delivering an effective service to customers with complex needs is necessarily a data-driven enterprise. From a preventative perspective we need to know who our at-risk families are, where they live, and the types of issue they face. We need to …
Why consider parental relationships? It is evidently clear that inter-parental relationships characterised by acrimonious and destructive conflict are harmful for children. Parental conflict increases a child’s risk of developing emotional problems such as depression and anxiety. Children may also develop behavioural …
Donna has led work to translate and communicate Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) evidence and to support its use since 2013. She works directly with local areas, sectors such as local government, policing and government departments. Before joining EIF she spent …
I’m Cassandra, Director of the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse. My previous roles have included leading children’s social care policy for the Local Government Association and child sexual exploitation policy and strategy for Barnardo’s. More recently, I …