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Analysis of Costs in Traditional and Early Permanence Adoption Routes

Helen Trivedi, Julie Selwyn, Lisa Holme

December 2023

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Improving the effectiveness of virtual schools

Neil Harrison, Judy Sebba, Marc Wigley, Rachael Pryor and Fay Blyth

November 2023

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Overcoming Behavioural & Cultural Barriers to Multi-agency Information Sharing in Children’s Social Care

Leon Feinstein, Georgia Hyde-Dryden, Mary Baginsky and Rick Hood

July 2023

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Care leavers’ transition into the labour market in England

Dr Neil Harrison, Jo Dixon, David Sanders-Ellis, Jade Ward and Poppy Asker

January 2023

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Attachment Aware & Trauma-Informed Schools Programmes

Helen Trivedi, Neil Harrison

May 2022

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Born into Care: Towards inclusive guidelines when the State intervenes at birth: Review of current guidance documents

Karen Broadhurst, Claire Mason, Ellie Ott, Harriet Ward

February 2022

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Perinatal loss: key messages for infant removal at birth: An evidence review

Louise McGrath-Lone, Ellie Ott

February 2022

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The Effectiveness of an Enhanced Book-Gifting Intervention for Improving Reading Outcomes for Children in Care: Final Report

Paul Connolly, Karen Winter, Jennifer Roberts, Laura Neeson, Sharon Millen, Judy Sebba, Priya Tah,

June 2021

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Children’s social care cost pressures and variation in unit costs

Lisa Holmes

January 2021

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What Makes Life Good? Care Leavers’ Views on Their Well-Being – Key Findings

Rees Centre and Coram Voice

October 2020

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Children in Need and Children in Care: Educational Attainment and Progress

University of Bristol and the Rees Centre

April 2020

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Challenging stigma in the care system

Rees Centre and Coram Voice

March 2020

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Positive Impact? HESA analysis: employment and further study outcomes for care experienced undergraduates in the 2016/17 graduate cohort

Neil Harrison

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Ethics Review of Machine Learning in Children’s Social Care

Rees Centre and The Alan Turing Institute

January 2020

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Evaluation of the Multisystemic Therapy Service in Essex

Helen Drew, Lisa Holmes, Valerie Dunn and Neil Harrison

July 2019

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How do we know if children’s social care services make a difference? Development of an outcomes framework

Ivana La Valle, Di Hart and Lisa Holmes with Vania Pinto

July 2019

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Evaluation of Birmingham City Council’s Step Down Programme, Final Report (pdf)

Gillian Plumridge and Judy Sebba

September 2018 * Please note this is an updated version (30 Sep 18) of the previously published report.

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Stoke on Trent Attachment Aware Schools Programe Evaluation Report (pdf)

Nicole Dingwall and Judy Sebba

June 2018

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Leicestershire Attachment Aware Schools Programme Evaluation Report (pdf)

Nigel Fancourt and Judy Sebba

February 2018

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Bath and North East Somerset Attachment Aware Schools Evaluation Report (pdf)

Nicole Dingwall and Judy Sebba

January 2018

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Final Report on Evaluation of Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme

Rees Centre, Evaluation Co-ordinator for DfE Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme, Wave 1
November 2017

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-innovation-programme-final-evaluation-report

Evaluation of Birmingham City Council’s Step Down Programme – preliminary findings

Gillian Plumridge and Judy Sebba

April 2017

Evaluation of the Siblings Together Buddy Project

Judy Sebba

March 2017

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What is known about the placement and outcomes of siblings in foster care? An international literature review

Sarah Meakings, Judy Sebba and NIkki Luke

February 2017

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Teenagers in foster care: A handbook for foster carers and those that support them

John Coleman with Jane Vellacott, Graham Solari, Maggie Solari, Nikki Luke and Judy Sebba

October 2016

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Impact of Unproven Allegations on Foster Carers

Gillian Plumridge and Judy Sebba

July 2016

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Evaluation of the London Fostering Achievement Programme

Rees Centre and Loughborough University

April 2016

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Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data

Judy Sebba, David Berridge, Nikki Luke, John Fletcher, Karen Bell, Steve Strand, Sally Thomas, Ian Sinclair, Aoife O’Higgins

November 2015

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What is the relationship between being in care and the educational outcomes of children? An international systematic review

Aoife O'Higgins, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke

September 2015

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The recruitment, assessment, support and supervision of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender foster carers. An international literature review

Helen Cosis Brown, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke

February 2015

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What works in preventing and treating poor mental health in looked after children?

NSPCC & Rees Centre Nikki Luke, Ian Sinclair, Matt Woolgar, Judy Sebba

September 2014

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The role of the supervising social worker in foster care. An international literature review

Helen Cosis-Brown, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke

September 2014

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Effective Parent-And-Child Fostering. An international literature review

Nikki Luke and Judy Sebba

February 2014

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The impact of fostering on foster carers’ children. An international literature review

Ingrid Hojer, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke

October 2013

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How are foster carers selected? An international literature review of instruments used within foster carer selection

Nikki Luke and Judy Sebba

September 2013

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Supporting Each Other: An international literature review on peer contact between foster carers

Nikki Luke and Judy Sebba

February 2013

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Why do people become foster carers? An international literature review on the motivation to foster

Judy Sebba

September 2012

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Attachment and trauma awareness training: school staff perspectives during the Covid-19 pandemic

Timpson working paper 7

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