Theme
Area
Category
Evaluation of specialist foster care placement project (2020)
As part of the Department for Education Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme, we carried out an evaluation of a project which aimed to use specialist placements and co-produced care planning to allow disabled young people from Hertfordshire and Staffordshire to transfer to local foster care from out of area placements.
Family Group Conferencing at pre-proceedings stage (2019-2022)
Coram is carrying out an evaluation of a type of decision making used in children’s social care in the UK and internationally. The evaluation involves over 20 local authorities in England and is funded by What Works for Children’s Social Care, as part of a Department for Education programme, Supporting Families: Investing In Practice.
Activity Days for Fostering Evaluation Report
Since 2016, Coram has run eight Activity Days for Fostering in England, three of which were pilot events.
Young Citizens Programme Evaluation: interim report July 2021
This interim report analyses feedback from young people and professionals involved in Coram’s Young Citizens Training Programme from July 2019 to March 2021.
An Evaluation of the Bright Spots Programme
This evaluation explored how local authorities (LAs) had used the findings from the Bright Spots surveys to improve the lives of the children they look after.
Evaluation of a support programme for early permanence adopters and carers (2019)
The Care for Me First programme, funded by the Department for Education, aimed to improve early placement for young children via fostering for adoption and concurrent planning.