Joint working between Adult and Children’s Services is essential to provide effective support for parents with learning disabilities.
Join an open access webinar on 30 April that will explore we can work together more effectively to meet parents’ needs. https://ow.ly/TuRU50YKNQM
Over half of kinship carers are grandparents, making them the largest group of carers stepping in to raise children when parents are unable to do so.
Join a webinar on 9 June that will explore what it means to support older kinship carers in practice. https://ow.ly/TqkB50YI6jr
When supporting young carers it is vital to address the needs of the whole family.
Join an open access webinar on 28 April that will explore what works well in facilitating whole family holistic assessments and support planning with young carers and their families. https://ow.ly/sCQn50YGVOH
What does wellbeing mean when interpreted by those with lived experience of social care?
Join us on 28 May for the first webinar in an open access series that will explore a co-produced Evidence Review that discusses the five key changes needed to unlock an equal life. https://ow.ly/fqCE50YGVlu
What does effective and compassionate pre-birth work look like in practice?
Join a workshop on 29 April that aims to support practitioners and practice leads working with parents during the pre-birth period where safeguarding concerns are present. https://ow.ly/kFmO50YGUMS
Join an open access online event on 30 April that will launch a new report on financial precarity and child welfare.
Hosted by @policyinpractice.bsky.social, this session will explore how services can respond to families facing financial hardship. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tac...
Develop your knowledge of learning theory and discuss how to develop your own bespoke sessions.
We are pleased to share our new programme of ‘Learn and deliver’ events, designed to support individuals providing learning and development in organisations. https://ow.ly/SZaW50YGUx4
Social connectedness plays a crucial role in supporting health, wellbeing and independence.
Join a webinar on 19 May exploring how strengths-based approaches can promote inclusion and resilience. https://ow.ly/NEPn50YFCpX
The two-child limit is lifted this week. There will be around 600,000 fewer individuals in relative low income after housing costs – but this is far from a complete solution to poverty and its impact.
Read more about how we are working across the life course: https://ow.ly/lQOt50YFBwE
A pivotal moment for adult social care: Key reforms and emerging debates https://ow.ly/3nvQ50YEXw9
Read our update exploring some of the key changes and opportunities to influence future policy and practice.
How can how Adult Services can better support parents with a learning disability?
Explore an open access briefing that forms part of a growing body of work that aims to strengthen practice, clarify legal responsibilities, and improve outcomes for families. https://ow.ly/BWoc50YAuJK
Join an open access webinar on 28 April that will share Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) research findings around what works well in facilitating whole family holistic assessments and support planning with young carers and their families. https://ow.ly/KFrE50YzLY3 less
A new briefing highlights how Adult Services can better support parents with a learning disability – an issue linked with increased involvement in the child protection system and, too often, family separation: https://ow.ly/tUPt50YAung
What does wellbeing mean when it’s interpreted by those with lived experience of social care?
Join a series of three open access webinars that will explore a co-produced Evidence Review from Research in Practice and Social Care Future. https://ow.ly/EXv150YzLL8
Today we are hosting our children and families Partnership Conference, exploring the theme of making Families First a reality. https://ow.ly/zTcO50Yz1GF
You can follow and contribute on LinkedIn via #PartnershipC: https://www.linkedin.com/company/research-in-practice/
The law relating to the determination of a deprivation of liberty for under 18 year-olds whose needs require additional care and support is complex and not well understood.
Explore an open access briefing that provides an overview of the legal frameworks. https://ow.ly/PQ8q50YxE5F
We welcome Baroness Casey’s frank and powerful assessment of the urgent challenges facing adult social care.
This conversation can create a clearer picture of the value of social care to people’s lives, pressures facing the system and the changes needed. https://ow.ly/QyS050Yyujv
Social work plays a vital role in bringing people and communities together.
For #SocialWorkWeek, new Research in Practice resources support inclusivity, equity and diversity with people across social work practice. www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-vie...
Mental health issues and problem debt often go hand in hand.
Amir Farooq outlines the Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space, a statutory programme that provides people with problem debt a temporary break from the organisations to which they owe money in a new blog. https://ow.ly/eyzb50Ysm09
Join an open access webinar on 25 March, that will explore the importance of embedding voice in early years system transformation, with a focus on the Best Start Family Hubs programme. https://ow.ly/YO4150YqeyQ
How can we better support young carers and their families?
Join an open access webinar on 28 April that will share Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) findings about facilitating whole family holistic assessments and support planning for young carers. https://ow.ly/8Q9Y50YrOBG
Join an open access event on 26 March that will share work commissioned by the Department for Education to refresh the multi-agency Tackling Child Exploitation Practice Principles for responding to child exploitation and extra-familial harm. https://ow.ly/b9Ck50Yqe0M
How can we ensure an anti-racist approach within the workshops we deliver?
Philip John explores how a Forum Theatre approach can support facilitators to navigate challenging issues safely and thoughtfully in a new blog. https://ow.ly/uqx550Yp2I1
Join a knowledge exchange on 23 March that will discuss how data is gathered about the experiences of children, young people and families who are supported by Children's Social Care.
This session is aimed at PSWs, Heads of Service, local data leads and participation leads. ow.ly/Klt150YovaT
AI is reshaping social care practice, but often in fragmented ways.
With The JABBS Foundation for Women and Girls and National Children's Bureau our aim is to ensure technology can genuinely support and strengthen practice and the relationships at the heart of social care https://ow.ly/tWMU50YnTYS
Our adults Partnership conference, taking place today will explore life course perspective to adult sexual exploitation.
We'll be sharing updates throughout the day on our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/rese...
Join in the conversation using #PartnershipC
How can we recognise and understand the needs of adults experiencing exploitation?
Explore a new open access Research in Practice resource that aims to support colleagues across adult social care to build knowledge and formulate responses. https://ow.ly/HKvI50YkSSh
Join an open access webinar on 25 March that will explore how to use the Practice Guides, developed by Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families, to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in your local area. https://ow.ly/WVtx50YiHr1
Join us for an open access webinar on 25 February, that will bring together experts from policy, practice, and research to delve into the Practice guides, developed by Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families and commissioned by the Department for Education. https://ow.ly/JoXi50Ygul4
Reflections on the baby Victoria Marten review and joining the dots across work to support parents in pregnancy and where parents face recurrent care proceedings.
Read more about strengthening support for parents: https://ow.ly/xp7v50YhrrN