The guide is for frontline managers and for more senior staff. It is a source of research and advice on frontline social work practice and how to support change and
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Personalisation has become a key aspiration of adult social care policy in England. Perspectives vary though as its meaning and the extent to which it signals a new paradigm in
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A report for the children’s watchdog for England highlighted the large numbers of young people in children’s prisons in England who had neuro-developmental difficulties, such as brain injuries, that could
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A think-tank report said that 24,000 families in Scotland – 4 per cent of the total population of families with children – faced severe disadvantage (defined as having four or
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A study examined the challenges faced by young unemployed people looking for work, focusing on those with limited education and skills and from disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Even in the stronger local
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A report examined the impact of public spending decisions on vulnerable children and families. It said that 2 out of 3 of the most vulnerable families were struggling with more
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The Scottish Government published a strategy for justice – defined broadly to encompass criminal, civil, and administrative justice as well as community safety. It said that its outcomes-focused and evidence-based
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A report examined whether victims of crime were open to the greater use of community sentences, and if so, how their existing limited confidence in such sentences might be enhanced.
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A briefing paper said that personal health and social care budgets could help people with a mental health condition to set their own goals and rebuild their lives.
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A report by DEFRA said that services for older people in rural areas needed to be ‘rural proofed’ to help prevent more older people becoming isolated.
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