In this episode we discussed our pilot evaluation of Family Valued. This study was part of the Strengthening Families Protecting Children (SFPC) programme and commissioned by the  Department for Education.

SFPC aims to support local authorities to introduce one of three models of practice into their own area. These models hope to enable more children to stay in safe and stable family environments, so that fewer children need to be taken into care.

Family Valued was originally developed by Leeds City Council as part of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme and we ran our pilot in Darlington. The initiative is a whole system approach to children’s safeguarding that involves training in Restorative Practice and establishing or expanding Family Group Conference (FGC) services in the local authority. It also entails carrying out a review of all existing local systems and then commissioning new restorative services to address any gaps in provision.

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Presenter Nimal Jude, our Head of Practice Development, talks to the report’s research lead Hannah Collyer.

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You can also read the pilot report in full here: Family Valued