Early Intervention
C4EO and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) recently
requested examples of effective local practice for Early Intervention and Prevention.
We were looking for a particular focus on support for those children, young people
and families which present us all with the greatest challenge and, therefore, potentially
the most significant costs if these are not addressed at the earliest opportunity.
As a result of this request a paper has been produced that summaries local practice
validated as excellent or deemed promising. It highlights the early messages from
an analysis of these case studies, in particular the merging common key characteristics:
- a pervasive culture that respects both families and other professionals, and engenders
strong relationships and integrated working;
- schools and other universal services at the hub of a ‘continuation of support’;
- recognition of the importance of outreach work to support vulnerable groups;
- creative ways for building capacity to sustain positive change; and
- evaluation to discern the impact of interventions is at a relatively early stage.
A more detailed report will follow at the end of May, analysing the growing number
of submissions of effective local practice.
Read the full paper Early Intervention –
Early messages from effective local practice ‘call for evidence’ (57Kb
PDF file, 7 pages).
ADCS press release: National Strategy
Group publishes early findings on Family Intervention Strategies
Local practice examples
C4EO recognises that not all useful knowledge about ‘what works’ and
why, is to be found in research reports and papers. We are therefore keen to hear
about practice that is leading to significantly improved outcomes for children,
young people and their families. We will incorporate validated local practice examples
as a special body of evidence on this website and this will be shared with other
decision-makers in the children’s services field.
To be validated, practice examples need to be supported by some evidence which shows
the outcomes and changes that have been achieved.
If you have an example which relates to this specific area, please read the further
details on the special call for local
area early intervention arrangements (36Kb PDF file, 3 pages).
If you would like to submit an example of effective local practice, please
signup to the C4EO website if you haven't already. Once you have a C4EO
account you will need to login and complete the
local practice online submission form.
Alternatively you can download a copy
of the local practice submission form (77Kb Word file, 6 pages) and send
to C4EOTeam@NFER.ac.uk.
Further information about validated local practice (87Kb Word file, 3 pages)
and guidance on how to complete the
submission form and the validation process (47Kb PDF file, 4 pages) is also
available.
If you have any queries regarding validated local practice, please do not hesitate
to contact Monica Hetherington at NFER via C4EOTeam@NFER.ac.uk.
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