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Blog and News

Steps on a journey

World Social Work Day 2019

We’re publishing protocols for our research

“With data, as with social work practice, context is key.”

Call for Evaluation Advisory Panel members

We are recruiting!

Flagship research programme aims for happier, healthier professionals

It’s all about relationships

Ethics and machine learning in children’s social care

We are recruiting!

“You can always ignore us, and take your own road, but if you ever need us, we’ll be here”

Reflections on #iuseevidence event

Why is the What Works Centre researching machine learning?

Call for partners to pilot potential of analysing case notes to assist social workers

What works and why: Centre launches new Evidence Store

In Store now: evidence database gathers pace

Can successful healthcare programme help social workers too?

Six local authorities to work with the What Works Centre to try to reduce the need for children to be in care

Join the team: we are looking for a Team Administrator / PA to the ED

Let’s start as we mean to go on

Centre seeks partners to help design studies on workforce wellbeing

Join the Movement for Evidence-Based Practice

On the road with the What Works Centre & building a Centre that works for the sector

New Year, and Centre seeks new Head of Practice

The Imitation Game: understanding expertise is essential for an evidence based Social Work practice

The power of relationships: reflections from NCASC

Centre to re-analyse wealth of existing education data focusing on children’s social care

Supporting adopters and special guardians when children and young people are hard to care for

Not all local authorities have rising care rates. How do we explain this?

Calling data science managers and researchers interested in children’s social care

Looking for signs of evidence in Signs of Safety

What helps to safely reduce the numbers in care?

Identifying gaps in evidence base for key children’s social care practices

Progress one year on & now for the future!

Recruiting now: Centre seeks new Head of Research, Head of Programmes and Operations Director

In ‘DEMO’ mode: Diagnosing the Evidence-Minded Children’s Social Care Organisation

New Executive Director announced for What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care

Going to NCASC in Manchester? Come and say hello

A meeting to build a movement

How can we empower social workers in reducing the need for care?

Listen to the webinar on our change initiatives, how to apply and what we’re looking for

So far so good for What Works Centre, says advisory council

Why productivity needn’t be such a puzzle

First kinship and parents event shows we’re all in this together

Apply to become Change Programme partners for the What Works Centre

Recruiting now: Programme Facilitator to help deliver our evidence masterclasses

‘Head and hands’ – valuing knowledge created by the children’s social care sector

What we heard at JSWEC

A chance to ‘show the world what I can do’

Centre seeks Executive Director: Closing date 10 September 2018

“Learn and move on – our approach to co-designing research, products and services”

21 local partners to work with new Centre

“We welcome the opportunity to experiment and it’s important there is a research base behind this”

“It will enable us to embed the latest research evidence into our social work practice”

“A timely and exciting opportunity to work in partnership”

“Drawing from cartoons and the evidence-base”

Sir Alan Wood announced as Centre’s Founding Chair

What you told us: stakeholder engagement report

“I’m looking forward to coming around to meet with you”

“We must address the many gaps in the evidence base that we know to exist”

“I was part of a group of young people who interviewed the Founding Chair. It’s not every day young people get such an opportunity”

Wanted: Pioneer partners for the What Works Centre

Pioneering new approaches to generating and sharing evidence in children’s social care

Exciting times ahead for children’s social care

The importance of pizza and co-production

Next steps for the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care

We’re helping to develop the new What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care

Developing the new What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care

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