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• read more about Seven new research projects funded in children’s social care
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  Seven new research projects funded in children’s social care

  1 October 2021

  WWCSC is pleased to announce seven new research projects to improve outcomes for children and families and build an evidence base in children’s social care, as part of our Spark Grant scheme.

  
• read more about Collaborative Discussion Groups bring Wellbeing Boost to Social Care Staff
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  Collaborative Discussion Groups bring Wellbeing Boost to Social Care Staff

  16 September 2021

  New research into the use of Schwartz Rounds shows promising results in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of those working in Children’s Services.

  
• read more about Community spirit
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  Community spirit

  26 August 2021

  Michael Sanders, our Chief Exec, discusses what we've learned from the series of workshops we've run for our communities of participants.

  
• read more about Education for young people with a social worker must be a priority
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  Education for young people with a social worker must be a priority

  29 July 2021

  WWCSC's new Head of Educational Programmes, Eleanor Stringer, discusses the expansion of our work with schools.

  
• read more about Without the darkness, there is no light
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  Without the darkness, there is no light

  8 July 2021

  Following our recent conference for our panel of evaluators, Louise Jones, Director of Programmes, reflects on the importance of independent evaluators in the research process.

  
• read more about Connecting Social Workers to the Care Review
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  Connecting Social Workers to the Care Review

  1 July 2021

  In her new blog, Anna Bacchoo, Director of Practice, explains how social workers can share their views on the independent review of children's social care through our polling.

  
• read more about Digging deeper into Covid innovations
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  Digging deeper into Covid innovations

  29 June 2021

  In this blog, Vicky Clayton, Data Science Manager, explores the changes made to multi-agency working arrangements in local authorities over the course of the pandemic.

  
• read more about Introducing our Evidence Ambassadors
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  Introducing our Evidence Ambassadors

  23 June 2021

  Anna Bacchoo, our Director of Practice, writes about our Evidence Ambassadors - our new programme to help bring research into practice. Read on to find out more about the programme and how to apply to be a Research Ambassador.

  
• read more about New expansion of project providing social worker supervision to DSLs
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  New expansion of project providing social worker supervision to DSLs

  14 June 2021

  Minister for Children and Families announces the expansion of an evaluation offering social worker supervision to schools’ Designated Safeguarding Leads.

  
• read more about Jenny Coles announced as new Chair of Trustees
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  Jenny Coles announced as new Chair of Trustees

  9 June 2021

  WWCSC is pleased to announce that Jenny Coles, the outgoing Director of Children’s Services at Hertfordshire County Council, will replace Sir Alan Wood as the charity’s Chair of Trustees. Jenny is also joined by four new trustees.

  
• read more about Sparking change
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  Sparking change

  27 May 2021

  Louise Jones our Director of Practice, discusses the motivation behind our new Spark Grant Scheme, which provides small research grants to early career researchers and those underrepresented in research

  
• read more about Using logic models to understand COVID-19 innovations
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  Using logic models to understand COVID-19 innovations

  26 May 2021

  In this blog, Dan Kearns, Senior Practice Development Co-ordinator, discusses how building logic models helped local authorities to better understand their COVID-19 practice innovations.