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Follow-up evaluation of Family Group Conferences in pre-proceedings (2020)

We followed up a previous evaluation carried out under Round one of the Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme. We carried out interviews and analysed data to find out what happened next to child outcomes in Wiltshire and Southwark councils, after families received Daybreak Family Group Conferences.

Published 8 April 2022 By Hannah Lawrence, Dr Anna Ludvigsen, Dr Sarah Taylor, Jorgen Lovbakke

Evaluation of specialist foster care placement project (2020)

As part of the Department for Education Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme, we carried out an evaluation of a project which aimed to use specialist placements and co-produced care planning to allow disabled young people from Hertfordshire and Staffordshire to transfer to local foster care from out of area placements.

Published 8 April 2022 By Jeff Mesie, Olivia Michelmore, Sarah Taylor, Coram Impact & Evaluation Team

Family Group Conferencing at pre-proceedings stage (2019-2022)

Coram is carrying out an evaluation of a type of decision making used in children’s social care in the UK and internationally. The evaluation involves over 20 local authorities in England and is funded by What Works for Children’s Social Care, as part of a Department for Education programme, Supporting Families: Investing In Practice.

Published 8 April 2022

The Art of the Possible in Children’s Services: A Coram Manifesto

The report is based on the national innovation survey, distributed to all children’s services providers at the end of 2021, which sought to assess where agencies are finding it possible to achieve positive change and how the CII can facilitate the innovations which can transform the lives of children and young people.

Published 5 April 2022 By Coram

Adopter Characteristics Data File

This spreadsheet provides the breakdown of individual adopter characteristics derived from the ASGLB Quarterly Data Collection

Published 1 April 2022