The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data
<p>Child safeguarding services intervene when a child is at risk of serious emotional or physical harm. Oxfordshire County Council is implementing a new approach to child safeguarding (Family Solutions Plus [FSP]) with a greater focus on whole family support and reducing the need for foster ca...
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| author | Irving, D Buivydaite, R Tsiachristas, A Thomas, S Farncombe, H Perera-Salaza, R Vincent, C |
| author_facet | Irving, D Buivydaite, R Tsiachristas, A Thomas, S Farncombe, H Perera-Salaza, R Vincent, C |
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| description | <p>Child safeguarding services intervene when a child is at risk of serious emotional or physical harm. Oxfordshire County Council is implementing a new approach to child safeguarding (Family Solutions Plus [FSP]) with a greater focus on whole family support and reducing the need for foster care. We sampled two cohorts of children closed within 1 year and examined the time spent in services. The sample included 474 children entering services before the new model's implementation and 561 children after. A greater proportion of children receiving FSP required a single care plan before their case was closed (85.9%; 69.4%, <em>p</em> < 0.001) and only experienced the lowest level plan (74.5%; 61.8%, <em>p</em> < 0.001). On average, this group spent less time in services for the period being observed (<em>MD</em> = 17.58, 95% confidence interval = 6.19, 28.96). At this early stage, no significant reduction in the number of children requiring foster care was seen (5.5%; 3.9%, <em>p</em> = 0.23). These initial findings suggest a potential association of FSP with a reduced number and level of care plans as well as length of time. Local authorities in England may investigate further whether FSP is a potentially useful model in improving safeguarding services.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:11c97046-8606-4519-8370-308738c531f92024-07-17T08:26:21ZThe impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine dataJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:11c97046-8606-4519-8370-308738c531f9EnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2024Irving, DBuivydaite, RTsiachristas, AThomas, SFarncombe, HPerera-Salaza, RVincent, C<p>Child safeguarding services intervene when a child is at risk of serious emotional or physical harm. Oxfordshire County Council is implementing a new approach to child safeguarding (Family Solutions Plus [FSP]) with a greater focus on whole family support and reducing the need for foster care. We sampled two cohorts of children closed within 1 year and examined the time spent in services. The sample included 474 children entering services before the new model's implementation and 561 children after. A greater proportion of children receiving FSP required a single care plan before their case was closed (85.9%; 69.4%, <em>p</em> < 0.001) and only experienced the lowest level plan (74.5%; 61.8%, <em>p</em> < 0.001). On average, this group spent less time in services for the period being observed (<em>MD</em> = 17.58, 95% confidence interval = 6.19, 28.96). At this early stage, no significant reduction in the number of children requiring foster care was seen (5.5%; 3.9%, <em>p</em> = 0.23). These initial findings suggest a potential association of FSP with a reduced number and level of care plans as well as length of time. Local authorities in England may investigate further whether FSP is a potentially useful model in improving safeguarding services.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Irving, D Buivydaite, R Tsiachristas, A Thomas, S Farncombe, H Perera-Salaza, R Vincent, C The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title | The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title_full | The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title_fullStr | The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title_short | The impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care: initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
| title_sort | impact of a new approach to family safeguarding in social care initial findings from an analysis of routine data |
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