The Unit heads north!

The Unit has been invited to enter into a long-term partnership with Renfrewshire Council in Scotland to use the Common Language methods to improve children's well-being.

The project, which will run for three years, is in two stages. The first will focus on children in care. High quality child well-being data will be collected on children known to specialist services. This intelligence, combined with a thorough analysis of administrative data, will inform a plan to identify efficiencies in services.
 
In the second stage, the same type of data will be collected on all children. This will inform how the savings will be reinvested in prevention and early intervention activity. If successful, the project will result in improved outcomes for children at zero net cost.
 
The project will provide an excellent opportunity to adapt the Unit's instrument for measuring child well-being for a service population.
 
The project will start in June this year. For more information contact Louise Morpeth at lmorpeth@dartington.org.uk.