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Mar 31
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Case study: Department for Education Children's Social Care Innovation Programme

Client: The Department for Education, Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Date: March 2014 – March 2021 Challenges faced by the...

Case study: Department for Education and Northamptonshire Children's Trust

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Mar 31
2 min

Case study: Department for Education and Northamptonshire Children's Trust

Client: Department for Education Date: August 2019 - Present Challenges faced by the client: Due to continued poor performance in...

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Mar 31
3 min

Case study: Regional Adoption Agencies

Client: Department for Education Date: 2016 – Present Challenges faced by the client: The adoption system faced significant challenges in...

Catch up on our webinar – Integration in children’s services: how to build effective partnerships

John Copps

Feb 10
2 min

Catch up on our webinar – Integration in children’s services: how to build effective partnerships

Catch up on our webinar where we explore how children’s services can make sure they are working effectively with partners in local...

‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19

Eliza Hardwich

Jan 28
3 min

‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19

Eliza Hardwick argues that without a coherent strategy to ‘level up’ for the most disadvantaged children, repeated COVID-19 school...

Continuing to deliver Family Safeguarding in challenging times

Alissa Davies

Jan 6
3 min

Continuing to deliver Family Safeguarding in challenging times

Strengthening Families Programme Coach Alissa Davies shares insights gathered via an online survey of local authority teams who have...

MV welcomes publication of the first issue of the Strengthening Families journal

David Fairhurst

Dec 15, 2020
2 min

MV welcomes publication of the first issue of the Strengthening Families journal

SFPC is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities to improve their work with families and safely...

Giving children in care the best start in life means tackling prejudice head on

Lily Mellen

Nov 10, 2020
3 min

Giving children in care the best start in life means tackling prejudice head on

Lily Mellen argues that children in care from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds should be given the support they need, and...

Catch up on our webinar: Family Group Conferences

Laura Power Wharton

Oct 2, 2020
2 min

Catch up on our webinar: Family Group Conferences

Catch up on our webinar where we explore the current state and future directions of Family Group Conferences. The webinar was hosted by...

Catch up on our webinar: Harnessing the power of data to transform children’s social care

David Fairhurst

Sep 9, 2020
2 min

Catch up on our webinar: Harnessing the power of data to transform children’s social care

On 8th September we hosted a webinar with Xantura focused on how to harness the power of data to transform children’s social care. The...

In defence of algorithms and their value to public services

Andrew Laird

Sep 8, 2020
4 min

In defence of algorithms and their value to public services

Andrew Laird argues that the recent exam debacle shouldn’t cause us to turn our back on the positive power of data analytics. A version...

Xantura and Mutual Ventures partner to help deliver data-led innovation in Children’s Services

David Fairhurst

Aug 12, 2020
2 min

Xantura and Mutual Ventures partner to help deliver data-led innovation in Children’s Services

Mutual Ventures and Xantura are excited to announce a new strategic partnership to support councils in transforming how they deliver...

Andrew Laird

Jul 24, 2020
1 min

Catch up on our Family Hubs webinar!

On 22nd July we hosted a webinar with the Family Hubs Network exploring the family hub model of integrated local public services. Watch a...

Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs – an opportunity for joint working

Ed Stroud

Mar 17, 2020
3 min

Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs – an opportunity for joint working

MV’s Ed Stroud reflects on how Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs can collaborate to create ‘end to end’ support for young people....

Case study: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham All Age Disability Service

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Mar 2, 2020
2 min

Case study: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham All Age Disability Service

Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: The London Borough of...

Case study: Dorset County Council Foster Service

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Mar 2, 2020
3 min

Case study: Dorset County Council Foster Service

Client: Dorset County Council Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: Dorset Council, like many Local...

Becoming trauma-informed – a recommendation for the future of the Troubled Families Programme

Ed Stroud

Jan 31, 2020
3 min

Becoming trauma-informed – a recommendation for the future of the Troubled Families Programme

MV’s Ed Stroud argues that new government investment in Family Hubs presents an opportunity to improve outcomes by adopting a...

Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services

Andrew Laird

Jan 8, 2020
4 min

Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services

The following article was published on the MJ website on the 6th January: During the election campaign, the focus was on Brexit and...

Crossing the divide between children and adult services – the principles of a good transition

Emmet Regan

Dec 11, 2019
3 min

Crossing the divide between children and adult services – the principles of a good transition

MV’s Emmet Regan and and Michael Wyatt argue that local authority children and adult services need to have a unified view of the...

Case study: Southwark Leaving Care Service

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Dec 1, 2019
2 min

Case study: Southwark Leaving Care Service

Project: The future delivery model for Southwark Leaving Care Service Client: Southwark Council Date: August 2019 – November 2019...

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