Children's Social Care
Alternative Provision - Shared practice
Alternative Provision (AP) is defined as ‘education outside school, arranged by local authorities or schools themselves’.
Building on previous regional work carried out through the You Can Foster project around sharing good practice in fostering recruitment and retention a full…
North West Help and Protection Forum
Adopt North West - Shared practice
The Adopt North West campaign arose from a requirement to recruit additional adopters to meet the needs of children waiting for adoption. It's most recent…
Fostering recruitment research - Shared practice
A market research agency was appointed to carry out research into the marketing of fostering recruitment. The research was carried out using an online forum…
Minimum Standards - Shared practice
The Minimum Standards were in place to provide monitoring to the unregulated providers on the SaILs (Supported and Independent Living) DPS. Minimum Standards…
Fostering Front Door - Shared practice
Fostering Front Door was a shared service for handling enquiries from prospective foster carers that ran from 2015 to 2020. Originally intended as a pilot the…
Placements North West census - Shared practice
Placements North West produce regular census reports on the North West local authorities' external placements. These are compiled using snapshot data and…