Register now: Better Outcomes for Kinship Families Through Tailored Preventative Support
Register for our webinar delivered as part of the DFJ Trailblazers: Reducing time to Family Court Pilot Programme. We are really pleased...
Yannick Mitchell
Mar 10, 20251 min read
Watch now: From competition to collaboration - Regional working in the children's placement market
Watch the fifth in our webinar series "Getting the Best out of the Children's Placements Market". This webinar shares how the RCC...
Ben Rosie
Feb 27, 20251 min read
Watch now: Improving relationships with providers
Watch the fourth in our webinar series "Getting the Best out of the Children's Placements Market". This webinar explores the...
Ben Rosie
Feb 26, 20251 min read
Watch now: The ambition for the Regional Care Cooperatives pathfinders
Watch the third in our webinar series: "Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" This webinar introduces the RCC...
Ben Rosie
Feb 14, 20251 min read
Starting Strong: Key steps to a successful partnership for your Fostering Recruitment Hub
When collaborating with people from different organisations, the way you kick things off can set the tone for everything that follows....
Hannah Sampson
Feb 13, 20253 min read
Watch now: Forecasting and the use of data in the children’s care placements market
Watch the second in our webinar series “Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" . This webinar covered findings from...
Ben Rosie
Jan 20, 20252 min read
Will 2025 deliver its promise of change in public services?
In 2025 public services are poised for significant reform, driven by a government eager to address longstanding issues and improve...
John Copps
Jan 10, 20256 min read
Foster care regional analysis and planning tool
Explore data and trends in fostering caring across regions in England with MV's new interactive tool. Mutual Ventures is the delivery...
John Copps
Jan 9, 20251 min read
Case Study: Designated Family Judge Area Trailblazers Pilot - Reducing Delays in Family Court
Client: Department for Education Date: January 2024 – present Challenges faced by the client: ‘Care proceedings’ is the name for the...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 6, 20254 min read
New Edition: Our Guide to Establishing Regional Fostering Recruitment Support Hubs
MV's updated guide provides a roadmap for establishing a regional fostering recruitment support hub. We are excited to announce the...
Anya Kemble
Jan 2, 20251 min read
What the data is telling us about the role of agency workers in children’s social care and what it means for local authorities and the regions
Yvonne Reinhardt takes a deep dive into children’s social workforce data and calls for a three-pronged approach to workforce development...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Watch now: Getting the best out of the children's placements market
Watch the first in our webinar series “Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" . This session shared the findings from...
Ross Murray
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.84: Reinventing Children's Care Homes with Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang Founder and Director, Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust
In this episode of Radical Reformers, I welcomed Emmanuel Akpan Inwang, Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust. Emmanuel's...
Andrew Laird
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Introducing the Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit
Welcome to our Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit. This user-friendly resource includes an interactive dashboard which will help you to navigate...
Mutual Ventures
Nov 26, 20242 min read
A path to better placement and support for every child
Mutual Ventures has been appointed as the Department for Education’s delivery partner to establish two Regional Care Cooperatives, as...
David Fairhurst
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Public services must welcome partnership and prevention
Social care is pointing the way towards the use of working in partnership to deliver public services that prevent crisis by focusing on...
Emmet Regan
Nov 19, 20243 min read
‘What gets measured gets managed’ - does this hold true in local family justice systems?
Agata Miskowiec and Yvonne Reinhardt argue that data-driven performance management must be paired with better case progression tracking,...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Watch now: From Competition to Collaboration: Lessons for regional working from the fostering programme
Watch the first webinar in our Regional Fostering Recruitment Learning Events to share learning from the DfE’s Recruitment and Retention...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 30, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.82: High challenge and high support with Theresa Leavy, Former Executive Director for Children, Dorset Council
In this episode of Radical Reformers, Andrew Laird is joined by Theresa Leavy, former Executive Director for Children (DCS) at Dorset...
Andrew Laird
Oct 10, 20241 min read
‘This is not the end’ – Assessments and Support in Pre-Proceedings
This is a guest blog, authored by our colleagues at the Centre for Justice Innovation: Sophie Carter, Vicki Morris, and Carmen D'Cruz. We...
Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Sep 30, 20245 min read