About the Centre

Our strategy

Our vision is that children and young people supported by children’s social care services have stronger and more stable relationships, better educational outcomes, and better lives. We conduct research to understand the nature and causes of outcomes and to test ideas about how things might improve, to inform policy and practice.

We begin from a commitment to the rights of children, particularly those with a need for care and protection, and to independent research of the highest quality that supports the full realisation of these rights. This requires us to understand the experiences of those interacting with children’s social care and the ways the system functions. It requires us to co-design research with those most affected by it and to make our findings accessible to those seeking to act on them.