Evaluation Co-ordinator for Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme (DfE)
Resources and Publications
Final Report
Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme: Final Evaluation Report
Professor Judy Sebba, Dr Nikki Luke, Di McNeish, Dr Alun Rees, November 2017
Thematic Reports across the programme
Our reports look at evidence across the programme (July 2017):
What have we learned about good social work systems and practice in children’s social care
Adolescent service change and the edge of care
Child sexual exploitation and mental health
Systemic conditions for innovation in children’s social care
Informing better decisions through use of data in children’s social care
Project Evaluations
57 individual projects were evaluated by 22 evaluation teams in Wave 1.
See Spring Consortium for summaries and full reports of individual project evaluations.
Literature and Evidence Reviews
A selection of reviews undertaken at the start of the evaluation by the evaluation teams.
Family Support Volunteers (Hampshire)
Administrative Support for Social Workers (Hampshire)
Edge of Care Services (Hampshire)
Family Intervention Teams (Hampshire)
Social Work Surgeries (Hampshire)
Young People at Risk of Sexual Exploitation (Hampshire)
Family Support for Minority Communities (RBWM)
Young People Exposed to Domestic Abuse (Doncaster)
Mutual Mode of Delivery (Cambridgeshire)
Family Group Conferencing Summary (Leeds)
Family Group Conferencing Background to Review (Leeds)
Residential Facility for Vulnerable People (TBAP)
Evaluation Guide
A short guide to the evaluation requirements of the programme:
Resources
More Projects
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Belonging in education: co-designing an evidence-informed model of practiceApril 2025 - March 2026Building on previous work, this project focuses on progressively working towards building more equitable and inclusive education systems, where belonging is the guiding principle.
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Evaluation of the Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 ProgrammeSeptember 2022 - March 2025The Rees Centre is working in partnership with Cordis Bright on an evaluation for the Department for Education of its Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 programme.
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Analysis of Costs in Traditional and Early Permanence Adoption RoutesDecember 2023A newly completed project report exploring the costs of adoption in early permanence and traditional adoption routes is now available.
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Understanding and responding to the needs of kinship families from Black and Asian communitiesApril 2023 - October 2024Working in partnership with Kinship and supported by the KPMG Foundation this study will focus on kinship carers from Black and Asian communities, using interviews and standardised measures to better understand their experiences and needs and provide recommendations for practice and policy.
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Evaluation of the Mockingbird programmeMay 2023We have been asked to evaluate the Mockingbird programme is part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded Supporting Families: Investing in Practice programme, which is expanding and rolling out promising interventions that came through the DfE’s Innovation Programme.
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Future of CareNovember 2021 - October 2024National charity, Become, is working with the Rees Centre to develop a new tool to measure the success of care leavers.
More News
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NewsChildren’s Information Project to host webinar on ethical and effective use of children’s informationFebruary 20, 2026 -
NewsNew national report calls for ethical and effective use of children’s information in local authoritiesJanuary 29, 2026 -
NewsResearch helps shape new national standards for children’s health assessmentsNovember 13, 2025
Project Details
More Projects
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Belonging in education: co-designing an evidence-informed model of practiceApril 2025 - March 2026Building on previous work, this project focuses on progressively working towards building more equitable and inclusive education systems, where belonging is the guiding principle.
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Evaluation of the Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 ProgrammeSeptember 2022 - March 2025The Rees Centre is working in partnership with Cordis Bright on an evaluation for the Department for Education of its Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 programme.
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Analysis of Costs in Traditional and Early Permanence Adoption RoutesDecember 2023A newly completed project report exploring the costs of adoption in early permanence and traditional adoption routes is now available.
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Understanding and responding to the needs of kinship families from Black and Asian communitiesApril 2023 - October 2024Working in partnership with Kinship and supported by the KPMG Foundation this study will focus on kinship carers from Black and Asian communities, using interviews and standardised measures to better understand their experiences and needs and provide recommendations for practice and policy.
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Evaluation of the Mockingbird programmeMay 2023We have been asked to evaluate the Mockingbird programme is part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded Supporting Families: Investing in Practice programme, which is expanding and rolling out promising interventions that came through the DfE’s Innovation Programme.
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Future of CareNovember 2021 - October 2024National charity, Become, is working with the Rees Centre to develop a new tool to measure the success of care leavers.
More News
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NewsChildren’s Information Project to host webinar on ethical and effective use of children’s informationFebruary 20, 2026 -
NewsNew national report calls for ethical and effective use of children’s information in local authoritiesJanuary 29, 2026 -
NewsResearch helps shape new national standards for children’s health assessmentsNovember 13, 2025