More than 600 listeners from the local government, children and families sectors joined MHCLG’s webinar to mark the next phase of Supporting Families (formerly the Troubled Families Programme). Eddie Hughes MP, Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing, with responsibility for Supporting Families, thanked professionals …
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 focus on Cost Benefit Analysis? In Greater Manchester we have seen first-hand how important a robust approach to evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is in supporting effective decision making, particularly where Local Authorities and partner organisations are investing …
In Middlesbrough we recently organised a very successful job fair which brought together 12 local employers, various training providers and more than 200 benefit claimants with complex needs. As a result, 18 people have completed a bespoke plan for how …
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 …
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 …
A whole family approach to employment I am proud to lead my passionate team towards meeting the needs of all disadvantaged people in Norfolk, a large diverse county. Many years of working in a 'case conferencing' style has proven …
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 …