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Generating and championing actionable evidence that improves services to support family relationships - foundations.org.uk.
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Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · Jul 16
New Practice Guide 📢 Parenting Disabled Children & Young People with and those with #SEN. Find out more about actionable evidence-based #ParentingSupport to improve language & communication, reduce behavioural challenges + increase parental confidence: foundations.org.uk/toolkit/prac...
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Join the team 🙌 We're looking for someone to lead Foundations’ grant-making & programme delivery functions.

Closes: 11:59pm, 23 Nov 2025

Apply now: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Our feasibility study found that Restart shows promise in providing early support to families experiencing #DomesticAbuse.

💬 @cordisbright.bsky.social's Kathryn Lord & @drivepartnership.bsky.social's Kyla Kirkpatrick's reflect on the programme's potential.

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Children so often experience domestic abuse long before it becomes visible to wider family, friends, or services; with crucial opportunities to respond earlier being missed, and the long-lasting impacts throughout life overlooked. Restart has been designed to address these gaps and ensure that families experiencing domestic abuse are identified and responded to earlier, and child and adult victim-survivors can remain safe and together. - Kyla Kirkpatrick, Director of the Drive Partnership "By collaborating with practitioners, survivors, and delivery partners, we’ve been able to identify the ways in which Restart is already working, where the challenges lie, and how to design evaluations that are robust, proportionate, and useful. The next step is to translate these insights into practical improvements; strengthening data, refining delivery, and co-designing evaluation approaches that are both meaningful and grounded in lived experience." - Dr Kathryn Lord, Principal Consultant, Cordis Bright
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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NEW REPORT 📢 We've published a feasibility study of the Restart programme, which aims to improve responses to perpetrators of #DomesticAbuse in families known to CSC.

✍️ Conducted by @cordisbright.bsky.social
🤝 Delivered by @drivepartnership.bsky.social

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October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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WE'RE HIRING 💼 We're looking for people to join our Practice Development Team, working with local leaders to develop & deliver projects which increase the use of evidence in local services for children & families 🤝

Closes: 23:59, 9 November

Apply now: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Call for implementation partners 📢 We're seeking proposals from partners to lead the development, delivery & evaluation of a 'common elements' approach for parenting support.

Application deadline: 12pm (midday), Friday 5 Dec

Find out more & apply 👉 foundations.org.uk/opportunity/...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This #KinshipCareWeek, we’re revisiting the Kinship Care Practice Guide, which translates evidence on what works into clear, actionable recommendations to improve how services for #KinshipFamilies are commissioned, designed & delivered 🌟

Read now 👉 foundations.org.uk/toolkit/prac...
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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We're hiring 💼 We're looking for a Finance Business Partner to help us ensure accurate financial reporting, manage invoicing cycles, oversee treasury and insurance operations, & provide hands-on financial support.

Closes: 12am, Sunday 26 October
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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This week is #KinshipCareWeek, an opportunity to shine a light on the vital role of #KinshipCarers & the difference they make to the lives of children ❤️

Throughout the week, we'll be spotlighting our evidence on support for kinship carers, as well as the gaps in what we know 🔎
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October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🗣️ Our Deputy Chief Exec @donnamolloy.bsky.social is speaking now at our #Lab25 event - w/ Josh MacAlister MP, @annafeuchtwang.bsky.social, @lisaharker.bsky.social, Cllr Liz Parsons, & Jo Casebourne - setting out 3 ways to make transformation of children's services a reality 👇

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September 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Watch ▶️ Our #Lab25 event 'Inside & outside the school gates', w/ @ippr.org & @csjthinktank.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ymk6mk5p

Our Chief Exec Jo Casebourne was with @georgiagould.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, Ed Davies & @avneem.bsky.social, on giving children the best start in life 🌟

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September 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Schools Minister Georgia_Gould and Opportunity Mission Champion sarahsmithlab will join us at #Lab25, to explore how schools and children and family services can work in tandem to support children to have the best start in life.

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Promotional graphic for a Labour Party Conference 2025 event titled “Inside and Outside the School Gates: How Can We Give All Children the Best Start in Life?”. The event is scheduled for Monday 29 September, 10:45–11:45, in Education Area 3, Museum of Liverpool. Five speakers are shown in circular photos with names and titles: Avnee Morjaria (Associate Director for Public Services, IPPR, Chair), Georgia Gould MP (Minister for School Standards), Sarah Smith MP (National Opportunity Mission Champion), Dr Jo Casebourne (Chief Executive, Foundations), and Ed Davies (Research Director, Centre for Social Justice). Logos of Foundations, IPPR, and CSJ are displayed at the bottom. Background is blue with white text.
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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✨ How do we give every child the best start in life? We’ll discuss this & more with @bphillipsonMP on Sunday evening at #Lab25, with our partners at @CfYoungLives.

Join us for a fireside chat followed by a drinks reception and speeches from @NDIronsMP, @JoshDeanMP & more 👉 t.co/SI8cq8iQJA
Promotional graphic for an event titled “Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life: In Conversation with Bridget Phillipson MP” at the Labour Party Conference 2025. Event details: Sunday 28 September, 19:00–21:15, The Beatles Story Museum. Featured speakers include Dr Jo Casebourne, Chief Executive of Foundations; Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education; and Baroness Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives. The background is orange with headshots of the three speakers in circular frames. Logos for Foundations and the Centre for Young Lives appear at the bottom.
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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We've published our Impact Report for 2024-2025 🎉

The report highlights the progress we're making in putting evidence into action to support children & families & explains how we're embedding lived experience in our work & decision-making.

Read now 👉 foundations.org.uk/about-us/imp...
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This weekend, we’re heading to Liverpool for #Lab25, where we’ll be hosting sessions on children's social care, parenting & family support, and the importance of evidence-based policy and practice for children and families.

Here’s what we’re up to 👇 foundations.org.uk/foundations-...
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Our study indicates that #KinshipCare mediation has the potential to reduce conflict, improve communication & help families reach more stable arrangements.

💬 @wearecoram.bsky.social's Hannah Lawrence on the significance of this work

Read now 👉 foundations.org.uk/our-work/pub...
"Kinship families often face complex relationships and high levels of stress, particularly when tensions arise between kinship carers and birth parents. This study is a first step in establishing an evidence base for mediation for kinship families as an intervention that could reduce conflict, improve communication and support joint decision-making focused on the child’s best interests. With further development, this kind of approach could become a valuable part of the support available to kinship families across England." Hannah Lawrence, Senior Research Manager at Coram Centre for Impact
September 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#KinshipCare mediation aims to improve communication and reduce conflict, however little is known about its impact on child outcomes 🔍

Our new study w/ Family Solutions & @Coram helps us understand how it could be scaled & evaluated in the future.

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September 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New report 📢

We’ve published a new study with Family Solutions and @Coram, which explores how #KinshipCare mediation could be successfully delivered to kinship families & evaluated on a larger scale in the future.

Read now: foundations.org.uk/our-work/pub...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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📢 We’re going to #LPC25!

Join us in Liverpool for events w/ @BPhillipsonMP, @NestaUK, @CFYoungLives, @NCB, & more, exploring:

💡 Parenting & family support
💡 Gov ambitions for CSC
💡 The importance of ‘what works’ for a mission-driven gov

➡️ Foundations at Party Conference 2025 - Foundations
September 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Less than a week left to apply 🔔⏰

Make sure to submit your application by 23:59 on Sunday to join our team as a Finance Officer.

Apply now: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
foundationsww.bsky.social Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · Aug 19
WE'RE HIRING💼 We're looking for a Finance Officer to help us manage our budgeting, reporting, and compliance with financial regulations.

Closes: 23:59, Sunday 7 September 2025

Find out more & apply: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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WATCH ▶️ Yesterday we published the findings of our Partnership for Change study, with @UofGlasgow & @NSPCC. This involved the co-production, with parent collaborators, of a new service to improve the mental health of children with a social worker.

📄 foundations.org.uk/our-work/pub...
August 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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NEW REPORT 📢 We've published a report w/ @uofglasgow.bsky.social on the co-production & feasibility RCT of Infant Parent Support, an intervention delivered by
@nspcc.bsky.social which aims to improve the mental health of children under 5 with a social worker.

📄 foundations.org.uk/our-work/pub...
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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ICYMI 👉We're looking for a Finance Officer.

Join our team and play a key role in ensuring financial integrity and compliance at Foundations.

Apply now: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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WE'RE HIRING💼 We're looking for a Finance Officer to help us manage our budgeting, reporting, and compliance with financial regulations.

Closes: 23:59, Sunday 7 September 2025

Find out more & apply: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Infographic advertising a new finance officer role. Salary is £38,950 and is a fixed term contract until March 2027. Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 7 September 2025.
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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One week left to apply🔔⏰ Make sure to submit your application to join our team as an Evidence and Evaluation Officer by midnight next Monday (25 August).

Apply now: foundations.org.uk/about-us/joi...
August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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📢 Join our Board 💼 We're looking for two Trustees:

1️⃣ Financially qualified expert with charity experience
2️⃣ Children’s services expert – expertise in #EarlyIntervention & #ChildrensSocialCare.

Find out more on Peridot Partner's website: peridotpartners.co.uk/jobs/trustee...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM