Research summaries and briefings

Thank you for visiting us at this year’s National Children and Adult Services Conference! Follow the links below to find out more about our priority areas, our merger with the Early Intervention Foundation, and the research that we contributed to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.

Our priority areas

Our upcoming merger with the Early Intervention Foundation

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care

As a part of our remit to create and promote evidence-based practice in children’s social care, we were commissioned to provide independent research to the Review, aiming to make sure that the recommendations were as evidence-based as possible.

Residential care for children in care in England

Service provision for Children in Need in England

Commissioning secure children’s home placements in England

Formal kinship care in England

You can find both the full report and summary report for each research area here.

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