This article explores some of the contemporary challenges facing leaders of children's services. Using the theoretical … facing children's service leaders. It argues that a distributed and connected model of leadership is the best available in … contained in the England and Wales Children Act 2004. The article argues that the key leadership skills are about making sense …

) research report Support from the Start on effective interventions for children aged 3‐8. Design/methodology/approach – The …

reviews to Government. Findings – Early intervention programmes not only deliver better outcomes for children and families …

Purpose – This study attempts to identify the rural‐urban migration patterns of children, young girls in particular … interventions on curbing the uncontrolled influx of children from the rural areas to urban centres and reducing their exposure to … triangulation of methods that comprised a survey of children aged 13‐18 exposed to commercial sexual exploitation, in …

children of depressive mothers and contains an intervention for children and for mothers. Design …‐oriented programme for young children designed to achieve this.  …

among Sure Start centre managers. Design/methodology/approach – Semi‐structured interviews were carried out with Children … face in taking what some perceive to be an evidence‐based approach. Originality/value – Although Sure Start Children …'s Centres are one of the main sites for delivering evidence‐based interventions to improve outcomes for young children and …

therapeutic children's homes, especially those located in England. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 16 young adults who had …

educational underachievement of looked after children. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of data on educational achievement … and social care in a cohort of 1,407 children over the age of 15 who left care in two Scottish local authorities between … 2000 and 2005. Findings – The educational attainments of children do reflect key factors in their backgrounds before entry …

The article explores the drivers for legislative and policy change in children's social care in England over the past … 60 years. It describes the factors that led to the major children's social care legislation and explores how these …