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read more about Following the signs (of potential)
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Following the signs (of potential)
19 May 2021Claudia Coussins, Senior Programmes Manager, shares the details of two new projects to improve the educational attainment of children with a social worker
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read more about Key learning from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
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Key learning from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
14 May 2021In a guest blog, Annie Hudson, Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, reflects on some of the key insights from the Panel's reports, published today
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read more about Building on lessons learned
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Building on lessons learned
29 April 2021Eleanor Briggs, Director of Policy, reflects on some of the emerging themes from our project examining new practice in children's social care that emerged during the first COVID-19 lockdown.
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read more about Evidence, training and trees
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Evidence, training and trees
27 April 2021Anna Bacchoo, our Director of Practice, discusses the part our new training programme can play in the journey to evidence-based practice in children's social care, as well as our love of tree acronyms.
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read more about Improving LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences of care
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Improving LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences of care
23 April 2021In her latest blog, WWCSC Director of Programmes, Louise Jones, discusses our new research project with the University of Birmingham to improve LGBTQ+ young people's experience of social care
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read more about WWCSC to provide research support to the review of children’s social care
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WWCSC to provide research support to the review of children’s social care
20 April 2021WWCSC is pleased to announce that as part of our remit to create and promote evidence-based practice in children’s social care, we will be providing research support to the review of children’s social care
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read more about New PhD programme announced to increase quantitative research and evidence in children’s social care
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New PhD programme announced to increase quantitative research and evidence in children’s social care
1 April 2021WWCSC is pleased to announce our new PhD Programme based at University College London, which will focus on quantitative research in children’s social care.
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read more about Nine new organisations join our Panel of Evaluators
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Nine new organisations join our Panel of Evaluators
31 March 2021What Works for Children’s Social Care is delighted to announce that nine new organisations have joined our Panel of Evaluators, bringing the total number to 26. Our evaluators design and run independent evaluations of promising projects supported or funded by WWCSC, working closely with us and our delivery partners to provide high-quality evidence on the […]
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read more about Funding announced to run and evaluate three projects to support vulnerable children and young people in England
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Funding announced to run and evaluate three projects to support vulnerable children and young people in England
31 March 2021WWCSC is delighted to announce funding of over £1 million to prevent harm to babies and young children and support the mental health of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
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read more about Call for local authorities to participate in new trials providing supervision to DSLs
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Call for local authorities to participate in new trials providing supervision to DSLs
26 March 2021We are seeking applications from local authorities to participate in two new trials providing social worker supervision to Designated Safeguarding Leads in primary and secondary schools in England
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read more about Call for new Further Education programmes to support young people with social workers
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Call for new Further Education programmes to support young people with social workers
26 March 2021We are seeking proposals for projects that aim to increase educational attainment for young people with a social worker in further education (FE) settings.
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read more about New funding announced to run and evaluate programmes in schools to improve safeguarding and educational outcomes for children with a social worker
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New funding announced to run and evaluate programmes in schools to improve safeguarding and educational outcomes for children with a social worker
26 March 2021We are delighted to announce funding of £12.6 million from the Department of Education to run and evaluate programmes designed to improve safeguarding and educational outcomes for children with a social worker.