Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Department for Education has published an evaluation of family intervention services and projects

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The Department for Education has published an evaluation of family intervention services and projects

The Department for Education has published an evaluation of family intervention services and projects. Findings include: at least half of families had a successful outcome following intervention in areas such as poor parenting, domestic violence, and relationship or family breakdown.
Source: Department for Education 15 December 2011
Further information:
Monitoring and evaluation of family intervention services and projects between February 2007 and March 2011

The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has published a joint inspection into the provision of appropriate adults for children in custody and accommodation in local authorities.

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The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has published a joint inspection into the provision of appropriate adults for children in custody and accommodation in local authorities.

The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has published a joint inspection into the provision of appropriate adults for children in custody and accommodation in local authorities. Findings include: information flow between Youth Offending Teams and appropriate adults was ineffective; policy custody records were inadequate; and the physical environment of custody areas did not encourage disclosure of vulnerabilities or special needs.
Source: Children & Young People Now 15 December 2011
Further information:
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary press release 15 December 2011
   Who’s looking out for the children? A joint inspection of Appropriate Adult provision and children in detention after charge

London LSCB Published documents in Safeguarding children living in minority ethnic, cultural or faith communities.

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The London Safeguarding Children Board has published three documents to help LSCBs in safeguarding children living in minority ethnic, cultural or faith communities. These are: a strategy to help LSCBs work in partnership with local groups; a training toolkit to ensure professionals have access to the resources, materials and information they need; and practice guidance.
Source: London Safeguarding Children Board 05 December 2011
Further information:
LSCB Strategy
   Training toolkit
   Practice guidance

NHS reforms will affect safeguarding children

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NHS reforms will affect safeguardingchildren

Children and Young People Now report on how NHS reforms will affect safeguarding children. It discusses: the difficulties with recruitment and handover of statutory responsibility for safeguarding to clinical commissioning groups; and the draft accountability framework for safeguarding children which is being developed by the chief nursing officer.
Source: Children & Young People Now 13 December 2011

Home Office Consultation on the definition of domestic violence

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Home Office Consultation on the definition of domestic violence

The Home Office has published a consultation on the definition of domestic violence. It seeks views on: whether the current definition is working; whether ‘coercive control’ should be reflected in the definition; and whether the definition should include victims under 18 years. The consultation closes on 30 March 2012.
Source: Home Office Press Release 14 December 2011
Further information:
Community Care 14 December 2011
   Cross-government definition of domestic violence consultation

The DFE Statistics on the Outcomes of Children Looked After

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The DFE Statistics on the Outcomes of Children Looked After

The Department for Education has published statistics on the outcomes for children looked after by local authorities in England for the year ending 31 March 2011.
Source: Department for Education 14 December 2011
Further information:
Outcomes for Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England, as at 31 March 2011

Prime Ministers troubled families Speech

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Prime Ministers troubled families Speech

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has delivered a speech setting out the government’s approach to troubled families. Plans include: a family worker for the most troubled families who will provide a single point of contact; and the government to allocate £448m to fund 40% of the cost for tackling troubled families on a payment by results basis with local councils paying the other 60%.

Troubled families speech transcript
Source: Cabinet Office 15 December 2011

Welsh Flying Start Programme

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Welsh Flying Start Programme

The Welsh government has published the findings of a survey evaluating the Flying Start programme, which aims to improve child outcomes in deprived areas in Wales by providing targeted services to families with children under four. Flying Start has been shown to be successful in areas including: increased access to health visiting services; and increased focus on early language development.

Evaluation of Flying Start: Findings from the baseline survey of families – mapping needs and measuring early influence among families with babies aged 7-20 months
Source: Welsh Government 14 December 2011

National mental health indicators for Children

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National mental health indicators have been establised for children and young people in Scotland. The indicators cover mental wellbeing, mental health problems and associated contextual factors, providing for the first time a means of assessing and monitoring the mental health of children and young people aged pre-birth to 17 years.
Source: NHS Health Scotland 25 November 2011

The Children’s minister, Tim Loughton’s response to the Munro Review

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The Children’s minister, Tim Loughton, has given a speech on the Government’s progress on the commitments made in the response to the Munro Review. Announcements include: an early intervention duty on councils will not be implemented; the national electronic common assessment framework (eCAF) will be decommissioned in 2012; and Ofsted evaluations of SCRs are to become more focused on identifying and embedding learning in 2012.
Source: Community Care 15 December 2011