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Interface was set up by, and includes, members of the former Families Delivery Team and Families at Risk Division at the Department for Education (DfE). We have been joined by experienced associates with a background in schools, Ofsted inspections and issues associated with vulnerable children as well as implementing training and improvement programmes across Local Areas, Schools/Academies, governors and broad-based workforce development.
Here we outline some of the support that our team of national leading experts can support you with.
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We provide a range of training for school staff and governors.
All of these can be run as short workshops, after school or built in as inset days.
Our team are experienced in working in schools (with staff and governors) and in Ofsted inspections as well as implementing training and improvement programmes across Local Areas, Schools/Academies and broad-based workforce development.
We can support you with workshops and tools associated with vulnerable children and families, the school improvement/raising achievement agenda, governor support and support roles in general.
A DfE funded social care initiative has been evaluated by Dartington Social Research Unit and found to have "the potential to support many vulnerable families at low cost including a significant proportion of those children that were on the edge of the care system".
Read moreSigns of Safety approach to child protection found improved social work practice.
Read moreA recent report has set out the findings of a small-scale study undertaken by Cafcass, with Women’s Aid, looking at domestic abuse allegations in 216 child contact cases.
Read moreA report published by Play England explores how local, resident-led street play initiatives and programmes are being taken forward in disadvantaged areas of England, in response to concerns about the decline in children’s opportunities for outdoor play.
Read moreThe NHS has announced plans to recruit and train an additional 2,000 nurses, therapists and qualified clinicians to work in CAMHS.
Read moreThe DfE provided funding for innovation in Hertfordshire for the setting up of Family Safeguarding teams.
Read moreA multi-agency hub bringing together social workers, police and health professionals has helped convict 18 members of a child sex abuse ring.
Read moreHome Secretary Amber Rudd has announced more than £20m in funding over three years to help combat the online grooming of children.
Read moreCouncils are overspending on their children's social care budgets by more than £600m a year as they look to protect vulnerable groups amid cuts in central government funding, council leaders are warning.
Read moreThe DfE have published a report of the findings from the first wave of the new Children’s Services Omnibus Survey.
Read moreLosing in the Long Run report, produced by Action for Children, calls for renewed commitment from the Government.
Read moreA research report by the University of Manchester looks the services offered by local authorities and the reasons why some children are referred multiple times.
Read moreA new report suggests the reshaping of services is needed.
Read moreBuckinghamshire County Council to set up a new 0-19 children and families service.
Read moreA personal critique of Ofsted methodology and the implementation of the Single Inspection Framework for Local Authority Children’s Services in Stockport.
Read moreMPs and Peers have worked together to support the Government in delivering policies aimed at strengthening families, as part of its wider ambition for social reform.
Read moreResearch by the leading UK’s children’s charity Barnardos suggests that nearly half of England’s care leavers may be suffering with mental health problems.
Read moreAn influential group of MPs that probes government policy on children and young people will focus on the issues of social justice and productivity over the term of the current parliament, it has been announced.
Read moreA decision was made by Justine Greening, Education Secretary, following an Ofsted report found that Tower Hamlets Council was failing to perform.
Read moreCroydon Council and charity OnSide Youth Zones have been granted planning permission to build a £6m youth centre, due to be completed in 2018.
Read moreAn alliance of early years leaders, academics and charities is recommending to the government to ensure a qualified early years teacher leads all nurseries in deprived areas within the next three years.
Read moreIt is expected that all four and five year olds will sit baseline tests on entering reception.
Read moreA leading committee group of MP’s who explore and challenge government’s policy on children and young people will be focusing on matters surrounding social justice and productivity.
Read moreA report has been issues by OFSTED which is about the second joint targeted area inspection programme, which began in September 2016 and which examined ‘the multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse’.
Read moreA further fall in spending by £112m in a year on early years services.
Read moreThe Pause Project is due to expand further after a funding boost from the lottery funding.
Read moreThe Department for Education has set aside up to £20m to encourage councils to support each other to improve children's services standards.
Read moreA prison officer graduate recruitment scheme is targeting social workers and teachers looking for a change of career.
Read moreFor the first time there is a website created which brings together both new and already published official data on racial disparity in one place for the first time.
Read moreA report called 'Making the Difference' addresses why teachers should be provided with skills to support pupils who are at risk of being excluded.
Read moreThe DfE seeking to boost children and young people's life chances in 12 English districts that score poorly on social mobility.
Read moreA review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System.
Read moreEarly language acquisition impacts on all aspects of young children’s non-physical development
Read moreThe Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield sets out the shockingly poor support children with mental health services are receiving from the NHS.
Read moreA position paper prepared by ADCS (The Association of Directors of Children’s Services Ltd) explores the impact of different initiatives and policies on children’s lives and outcomes.
Read moreDfE commissions report into the fostering system
Read moreMinistry of Justice welcomes Lord Farmer's recommendations to strengthen family ties to help offenders turn their lives around and protect public safety.
Read moreThree-quarters of looked after children in the UK are being cared for by foster families. A recent survey was conducted by The Fostering Network.
Read moreInvestment in victim and witness waiting room in courts.
Read moreThe Department for Education-commissioned a report into the fostering system.
Read moreThe Active in Mind project launches this month to improve children’s mental health and will be evaluated, and its successes shared, by academics at Leeds Beckett University.
Read moreThis Guide is a practical planning tool to support local commissioners and leaders of services for children and families to reduce the impact of conflict between parents on children.
Read morePolice figures reveal almost 30,000 cases which included 2,625 alleged offences on school premises in the last four years.
Read moreThe EIF (Early Intervention Foundation) has published a guide which summarises evidence to support families with complex needs in priority areas such as parenting.
Read moreThere are over 6,000 children who spend much of their childhood in residential special schools and colleges. A review of the experiences and outcomes of children and young people in residential special schools and colleges has now taken place.
Read moreSir Michael Wilshaw has written to the Secretary of State for Education raising concerns from his inspectors working in the area of child safety.
Read moreOur Director, Wendy Weal presents at the recent Community Care Live conference in Birmingham. It is the largest free social care event featuring popular innovations.
Read moreMulti-academy trusts (MATs) are discriminating against children with special educational needs (SEN) by excluding disproportionate numbers.
Read moreChief children’s social worker Isabelle Trowler has been criticised for failing to give the post a high enough media or public profile.
Read moreYouth offending teams (YOT) have had their funding slashed by a further £9m, it has emerged.
Read morePlease listen to the recent Webinar to hear tips from experts about what to consider in research and evaluation.
Read moreThe government has published the response to the childcare provider ‘rights to request’ consultation... read more...
Read moreSee the recent Wood report on a review of the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) within the context of local strategic multi-agency working.
Read moreInterface are delighted with the excellent report by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Laming CBE DL examining how the life chances of children in care can be transformed by protecting them from unnecessary involvement in the criminal justice system.
Read moreNSPCC has launched a campaign to improve mental health provision for looked-after children under five.
Read moreProposed changes to Local Authority Safeguarding Arrangements.
Read moreDentists are warning of a "crisis" in child dental after new figures revealed that thousands of children in England had to have decaying teeth removed last year.
Read moreInterface are delighted to have been successful in being selected to provide a culture change training programme for A Fairer Start programme in Stockton.
Read moreA serious case review criticised the family courts for their role.
Read moreSee the NSPCC report which compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists for 2016.
Read moreAiming to lower social worker caseloads by employing 132 members by 2021.
Read moreProjects aimed at improving the life chances of vulnerable children and young people could gain a share of a new £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.
Read moreSir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential has been published.
Read moreA report by 'The Early Intervention Foundation'.
Read moreThe chief social worker for children speaks out
Read moreAround 20 per cent of children’s social workers taking part in a trial of a controversial accreditation system did not pass, it has emerged.
Read moreOfsted Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has asked the government for more powers to monitor councils where children’s safety is at risk.
Read moreThe government is to undertake a national “stocktake” of fostering in order to understand how the system can be improved.
Read moreThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling all health professionals to do more to listen to children.
Read moreA report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on hunger and food poverty is calling for the skills to be made a statutory requirement of personal, social and health education (PSHE) in a bid to equip all young people with the ability to prepare meals on a budget.
Read moreThe Sutton Trust have published a report on the impact of academy chains on low-income students.
Read moreThis consultation outlines options for reform of the child protection system in England, specifically in relation to reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect.
Read moreThe chief of the Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) has warned ministers against ditching the five checks health visitors are currently required to carry out on children up to two-and-a-half years old.
Read moreA report by the University of Bedfordshire outlines the need for policies to support workforce.
Andrew Selous, a conservative MP has asked the government to provide funding to help local authorities across England turn children's centres into “family centres”
Read moreMulti-agency inspections of how services work together to protect children within local authority areas will from next month focus on the quality of support for children living with domestic abuse, Ofsted has said.
Read moreResearch by the London School of Economics (LSE), Manchester University and York University found that poverty has increased since the coalition government came to power in 2010, and predicted it will get worse in the next five years.
Read moreUnderstanding the links between poverty, interparental relationships, and children's social and emotional skills.
Read moreIn its Academies and Free Schools inquiry report, the education select committee recommends that the government should “stop exaggerating” the success of the academies programme unless it has clear evidence to prove its impact which it currently does not have.
Read moreThe chair of the National Association of Virtual School Heads has said that virtual school heads are sometimes told by a head teacher that a school cannot take on a looked-after child because they are full... read more...
Read moreThe number of children and young people in contact with mental health services is on the rise, with an increase of 6,905 in the space of two months.
Read moreA total of £1.5m has been set aside by government to fund "innovative" projects that work to prevent young people from being radicalised, it has been announced.
Read moreSeven local authorities are to test new arrangements for providing additional support to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in early education.
Read moreThe Local Government Association (LGA) said money earmarked for education in England is too often "disappearing into the back pockets of those in charge" and they are asking to be given powers to monitor the way academies spend government cash to ensure pupils do not miss out on vital funding.
Read moreOver half of children’s services departments assessed under Ofsted’s single inspection framework have been rated in the bottom two grades, with nearly half inspected so far seeing a fall in their judgement compared with previous performance.
Read moreOfsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, spoke at the London Councils education summit in central London.
Read moreMPs have urged that councils need to strengthen tracking 16 to 18-year-olds through education, employment and training.
Read moreThe DfE have announced a programme to retrain social workers who have left the profession.
Read moreGovernment will award a total of £1.5m to fund "innovative" projects which will help to prevent young people from being radicalised
Read moreSince 2011 the Department for Education grant scheme handed out more than £200m to children's charities. This has now been cut to just £2.25m for the 18-month period up to April 2018
Read morePrime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to allow schools to choose pupils according to their capabilities.
Read moreLeaders call for council to be given more control to crack down on illegal schools and monitor home schooling.
Read moreThe Family and Childcare Trust has completed their analysis on how funding of free early education and childcare for three and four year olds. Findings highlight that the formula does not prioritise those areas that most need to boost childcare places.
Read moreChildren's Society study reports on how low well-being and poor mental health are linked to poverty and debt.
Read moreA plea from Chief children's social worker for England who is asking for greater involvement in supporting families in early help
Read moreLabour will launch an early years taskforce in a bid to transform early years provision for families.
Read moreEducation committee launched an inquiry into how primary school reforms impacted teaching and learning.
Read moreThe government is to give £1m to trial a "new approach" to boost social mobility in six councils across England. They will be Blackpool, Derby City and Oldham, Norwich, Scarborough and West Somerset.
Read moreConservative MP John Glen called for more integrated working between agencies to improve the life chances of children.
Read moreInspectors found a large variation in police responses to CSE.
Read moreThe NIESR's analysis unable to find consistent evidence that the Troubled Family Programme had any significant or systematic impact.
Read moreJustine Greening has announced that there will be no change to legislation made for the government to achieve its ambition of getting schools to convert to academy status voluntarily.
Read moreResearch shows that 49% of teenage boys in the UK would not feel comfortable talking to their dads about their mental health.
Read more9/10 social workers think planned reform do not tackle main concerns facing profession.
Read moreA new online mental health toolkit aimed at staff and students in schools.
Read moreEducation Secretary confirms Early Years Foundation Stage profile to remain in place for the moment.
Read moreHundreds of under-18s in custody will spend double the amount of time in the classroom after the government announced four new contracts for education provision in young offender institutions (YOIs).
Read moreIn September 2015 the then Secretary of State for Justice commissioned a departmental review, supported by external expertise... read more...
Read moreChildren Commissioner's appeal to government to support family hubs
Read moreA study by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found that eating breakfast, or just attending a club, improves academic performance in maths and English of pupils aged six and seven in just two months.
Read moreA £24m programme to improve gaps in mental health treatment for young offenders.
Read moreAn estimated 80,000 children each year witness home raids when a parent or family member is arrested but do not receive sufficient support afterwards.
Read moreChildren’s service leaders are supporting Edward Timpson’s idea of a new professional body for social work which to be supported by the government.
Read moreCouncils should be forced to outsource children's services including child protection work in an effort to improve standards
Read moreThe government has responded to consultation stating that every council will receive a minimum funding rate of £4.30 per hour to cover the cost of childcare places for three- and four-year-olds.
Read moreThe chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has urged the government to ensure that councils to keep youth offending teams (YOTs) as part of any reforms to the youth justice system.
Read moreADCS Safeguarding Pressures research has provided evidence of trends in safeguarding activity and the provision of services to children and their families based on information from local authorities in five phases spanning 2007/8 to 2015/16.
Read moreIncreasing numbers of children have been let down in 2016.
Read moreThe DfE have announced who has been successful to receive £11m of innovation funding.
Read moreThe long-awaited government strategy to boost the life chances of the poorest children in the country has been dropped and will not be published.
Read moreThe two organisations agreed to share information about complaints which in turn will help drive improvements in children’s services.
Read moreThe cross-departmental child poverty unit to help reduce child poverty has been scrapped. The functions will now be included into the wider remit of DWP.
Read moreThe DfE has indicated that the Children’s Centres consultation is still going ahead, despite the life chances strategy being dropped.
Read moreAn announcement by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Cabinet Office encourages bids from Early Years organisations.
Read moreTheresa May announces that a review will be carried out on the children and young people’s mental health services urging an improvement in this area to be a priority.
Read moreGovernment has set up a £50m grant scheme to create 9,000 more childcare places and to help government deliver it’s free childcare pledge.
Read moreThe Fostering Network has collated the views of foster carers through their State of the Nation survey. They found that ¾ of looked after children in the UK are cared for by foster families, meaning that improving the outcomes for children in care must start with improving foster care.
Read moreIn the past year 74% of colleges in England had sent students experiencing mental health issues to A&E.
Read moreThe Ministry of Justice has been criticised for its "weak" response to a major review of youth justice.
Read moreChildren's social workers will be able to start taking exams to achieve accredited status from November.
Read moreIn summer 2015, NHS England and the Department for Education (DfE) jointly launched the Mental Health Services and Schools Link Pilots.
Read moreA new report from The Communication Trust presents the findings of consultation with the children and young people’s workforce.
Read moreThe prisons and courts bill will give governors control over their budgets for education, employment and health and introduce a new system of league tables and performance standards.
Read moreAverage social work caseloads vary by in excess of 20 cases in different parts of England, new statistics published for the first time today show.
Read moreA £40m package of measures to help tackle sexual abuse and child trafficking has been announced by the Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
Read moreSex and relationships education (SRE) will be made compulsory in all secondary schools. However, parents will continue to have a right to withdraw their children from sex education.
Read moreLeeds Council has been awarded £9.6m from the Department for Education's innovation fund.
Read moreADCS welcomes government efforts to improve the quality and confidence of the children and family social work workforce.
Read moreTom Bennett (appointed in 2015 to advise the government on behaviour in schools) has call on the government to fund schools to create internal inclusion units to offer targeted early specialist intervention for children with behavioural problems.
Read moreAn anaysis by EIF (Early Invention Foundation) shows children from less well-off families are more likely to experience emotional and behavioural problems at age 5 and do less well academically at age 10-16.
Read moreGovernment criticised by Members of the Health Select Committee.
Read moreGovernment aims to train more than 3,000 new social workers through fast-track schemes.
Read moreThe government has announced that £30m will be spent to increase the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents.
Read moreA newly released report contains findings from the baseline survey of families.
Read moreConcerns at the high number of looked-after children are being moved about.
Read moreThe government body responsible for public health, Public Health England (PHE) has said that it will ensure that local authorities fulfil their duty to provide health visitor checks for young children.
Read moreFall in the number of placement orders granted by courts in England.
Read moreThe Sutton Trust surveyed 1,361 teachers in its annual teacher polling through the National Foundation for Educational Research Teacher Voice Omnibus survey, highlighting how budget cuts are affecting schools across the country.
Read moreThe Association of Directors of Children’s Services Ltd (ADCS) welcomes the opportunity respond to the draft of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) child abuse and neglect guideline.
Read moreFamily Education Trust reports on findings of serious case reviews and independent inquiry looking at reasons why abuse of young people was not picked up by professionals.
Read moreThe EIF Guidebook provides information about early intervention programmes that have been evaluated and shown to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Read moreThis overview summarises outputs from the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) about why action to tackle inter-parental conflict matters for children and families who are in or at risk of poverty.
Read moreA "root and branch" review that will look into legislation, practices, culture and ethos of the children's care system in Scotland has launched.
Read moreThere has been a record increase in the number of children receiving additional support for special educational needs (SEN), with the figure rising by more than 30,000 in a single year.
Read moreA recent strategy aiming to give children and young people a chance to have a voice and with the help of the Youth Justice Board as well as the Beyond Youth Custody programme it will consider the implications for work with young people leaving custody.
Read moreNew analysis from the Children’s Commissioner reveals a host of shocking statistics.
Read moreSchool and college staff in England have concerns that the government anti-radicalisation strategy is increasing stigmatisation of Muslim students, research has found.
Read moreMore needs to be done to identify young people with substance abuse issues and address the underlying issues, two charities have said.
Read moreA report on maternal obesity by the All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Fit and Healthy Childhood needs to be revised.
Read moreThe ‘’Time for Change report by the Social Mobility Commission calls for a substantial investment in early years education for disadvantaged children.
Read moreGrowth of academies could seriously impact of the policy introduced by the Government in 2010.
Read moreEIF has published a summary report of key findings and interventions to be effective in improving outcomes for vulnerable children.
Read moreThis Annual brings together different perspectives on success and collaborative working for parental mental health and child welfare professionals.
Our own Wendy Weal has a section (Chapter 11 p75-77) on the schools vulnerability tool.
Every school will be forced to use internet filters and teach children about online safety under government plans to better protect pupils from exploitation and radicalisation.
Read moreSix local authorities are to receive a share of £200,000 in government funding to test out alternative ways of providing youth services... read more...
Read moreThe DfE have confirmed that a consultation on the future of children’s centres has been delayed... read more...
Read moreJoint inspections of health, social care and criminal justice services for vulnerable children and young people will launch in February... read more...
Read moreEducation Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced that there will be a new social work organisation to drive up standards... read more...
Read moreWe are delighted that MP Tim Loughton has endorsed our new Level 4 training 'Working with vulnerable children, individuals and families' programme.He has also agreed to write a foreword for the comprehensive learner recourse explaining to learners how valuable their role is in transforming the lives of vulnerable families.
Read moreThe government will continue to fund the British Youth Council (BYC) to support its Youth Voice initiative until 2020.
Read moreLGA’s Roy Perry says the improvement agenda in children’s services should be led by councils instead of the government threatening to parachute in outside experts and set up independent trusts to oversee children’s social care.
Read moreInterface are delighted to be providing Effective Staff Support and Supervision Training for a group of schools in Coventry.
Read moreRead more about a new programme designed to equip workers with the understanding, ability and confidence to go out and work effectively with children, individuals and families.
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Read moreNewcastle Staff support/Supervision Training 19-20th October 2015...
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Increase in radicalisation cases in family courts
Increasing numbers of cases involving children whose parents are planning to travel to areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State are coming before family courts, the country’s top family judge has warned.
MPs call for urgent changes to pupil premium
More needs to be done to ensure the pupil premium improves outcomes for disadvantaged children, a group of MPs has said.
Concerns over school childcare provision plans
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said parents in England will be given the right to request schools provide childcare for the full working day during term time and in the holidays. But the childcare sector has voiced concerns about the plans.
Transfer of public health services for under-fives
Parents will see "massive benefits" for their children as a result of responsibility for public health services for under-fives transferring to local authorities, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.
More five-year-olds achieve good level of development.
The DfE state that more five-year-olds are reaching expected levels of development than ever before. The early years foundation stage profile results shows improving attainment for children in early years settings with the number of children who achieved a good level of development increasing by 5.9% over the last year.
Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners
Read moreWe are proud to announce the launch of our new Level 4 training programme - Working with vulnerable children, individuals and families.
Read moreThe Early Intervention Foundation have published reports which state that children and young people may be at risk of gang involvement or violent lifestyles can be identified in children as young as seven.
Read moreWe are proud to announce the launch of our new Level 4 training programme - Working with vulnerable children, individuals and families. This includes a recent webinar recording - so be sure to read more...
Read moreWe have four eLearning packages at present - 3 of which are brand new. Don't miss out on the opportunity of learning these great packages at phenomenal prices from £29 per learner - seriously...
Read moreThe DfE has published its response to a consultation around regulatory change on support for young carers outlining changes to ensure councils put young carers at “the heart of the assessment process”. Councils should also have a whole-family approach to supporting young carers and their sick or disabled relatives.
Read moreA report ‘One Hundred Days For Early Action’ from Community Links-led group Early Action Task Force argues that political parties have so far failed to effectively promote the importance of intervening earlier to support families and children.
Read moreEarly years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in in North Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire with an initiative developed by Pacey (the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years).
Read moreA strong early years sector needs a robust, reliable inspection framework...read more...
Read moreIt is “essential” that the government creates a five-year plan to help young people navigate their journey from school...read more...
Read moreAn internet safety guide has been launched to support parents...read more...
Read moreThe chair of the British Youth Council has called on the government to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote...read more...
Read moreThe Welsh government has boosted funding for child and adolescent mental health services...read more...
Read moreWe need to ensure robust intervention powers for all of those held accountable for school performance...
Read moreExtending the free childcare offer without first addressing these funding gaps will only exacerbate this problem further...read more...
Read moreEffective Supervision, Skills to Work Effectively with Complex Families and Child Sexual Exploitation are training events happening across the UK between September and October 2015...read more...
Read moreThe Department for Education has published a model form and letter to help providers of early years education identify which children are eligible for the early years pupil premium.
Read moreA report into gangs and youth crime by the Commons home affairs committee says anti-gang prevention work in all schools, including primary schools, needs to be increased to reflect that "children as young as seven are at risk of gang involvement".
Read moreThe Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) argues that too many academies are refusing to take pupils that move into their local area, saying it would not be cost effective for them.
Read moreA House of Lords Committee on Affordable Childcare is calling for a radical rethink in childcare funding to ensure disadvantaged children are prioritised.
Read moreSchools are being encouraged to boycott new tests for children entering reception classes.
Read moreAcademies have been challenged for their “alarmingly higher” rate of pupil exclusions compared to state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.
Read moreMPs have stated that age-appropriate personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, which includes sex and relationships education (SRE) should be introduced as compulsory subjects in all state primary and secondary schools.
Read moreAcademies have been criticised for having an “alarmingly higher” rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.
Read moreSurvey from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers shows nine out of 10 schools or colleges have had to provide more support to pupils with mental health problems over past two years.
Read moreThe Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that Ofsted’s current arrangements for inspecting children’s services paint an unfair picture of a local authority area’s efforts to protect vulnerable children, only assessing council performance and failing to consider the contribution of other agencies.
Read moreFour children’s services initiatives have been awarded a total of £11m from the Department for Education’s Innovation Fund.
Read moreMPs have warned that pupil safety is being put at risk due to confusion over safeguarding arrangements for academies.
Read moreSir Michael Wilshaw told MPs at the education select committee session that councils must have a role overseeing academies in order to prevent further cases of extremism in schools from occurring.
Read moreA Commons home affairs committee report on mental health illness within the criminal justice system is highly critical of the continued use of police cells for children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis and lack of available alternative places of safety.
Read morePeople who are keen to adopt will be able to “buddy up” with existing adopters who will mentor them as part of an initiative being backed with £500,000 of government money.
Read moreFigures provided by the Local Government Association (LGA) show that more than £800m of education money is being “wasted” by schools and colleges because of poor advice being given to students about post-16 study options.
Read moreMore than 60 teaching schools across the country will partner up with local nurseries in an effort to improve the quality of early years education for young children.
Read moreBoth Halton Borough Council, in the north west, and Hull City Council, in East Yorkshire, were given a “requires improvement” grading after being inspected in November.
Read moreResearch by The Children's Society has found that teenagers aged 16 and 17 are the most at risk of abuse and neglect than any other age group but get the least protection.
Read moreFrom April, early years providers delivering free hours to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds will be able to share £50m in EYPP funding. The DfE expect councils to use the money on work such as telling local providers about the premium and upgrading IT systems.
Read moreWe are delighted to be carrying out an evaluation of the operational, strategic and cost effectiveness of Islington’s Early Help Family Support Services.
Read moreEducation minister Sam Gyimah announced a series of measures to improve mental health support and education in schools.
Read moreIn its The Ofsted Problem report, training provider The Childcare Company puts forward a radical proposal to remove Ofsted from the early years programme suggesting this could lead to an improved and more accurate inspection process, according to a new report.
Read moreWe have partnered with the The University of Bristol to deliver national training to support the embedding of the C-Change Capacity to Change approach.
Learn how we can develop leaders and teachers to achieve their full potential and provide the best possible leadership to their staff team and students.
We have developed a course on holding motivational conversations and bringing out the best in children and young people.
The course will equip workers with the understanding, ability and confidence to go out and work effectively with children, individuals and families with complex and multiple needs.
Read moreWe have developed a range of tools and training to support schools work with vulnerable children and families...
Read moreWe have developed this course which we believe accurately meets the current workforce needs and is right up to date with current thinking and practice...
Read moreThe course will equip workers with the understanding, ability and confidence to go out and work effectively with children, individuals and families with complex and multiple needs...
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Read moreTo support housing providers and local authorities with statutory homelessness duties we have developed a range of tools, training and support packages. We provide a range of tools, training and support packages to meet your needs - read more...
Read moreWe are a national provider of consultancy support for those working with vulnerable individuals and families. We aim to enhance capacity and expertise on a local level, focusing on priority areas of service delivery.
Read moreWe are national leading experts in Early Help and the Troubled Families agenda – see the wide range bespoke support that we can provide.
Read moreA programme tailored to individual needs, helping leaders get under the skin of what leadership is about.
Read moreWe have developed a comprehensive range of training that we offer for school staff and governors.
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Read moreSupport options available for schools working with vulnerable children / families
Read moreSupport options available for the Schools' Vulnerable Children Audit Tool
Read moreWe worked with the senior management team of a LA in the East to develop a bespoke programme for frontline managers, senior practitioners and their team members to target areas of weak practice and improve performance
Read moreRaising awareness about Mental Health and the impact of mental health issues on families is a key objective of Cheshire West and Chester local authority.
Read moreDarlington required a number of voluntary and statutory partners within the borough to become more aware of the concept of whole family working in line with the Care Act 2014.
Read moreThis four day course facilitated the learning of 50 professionals from family support back grounds who were introducing a new early help support package within the borough.
Read moreTower hamlets commissioned Interface to run this brand new accredited course following our delivery of 4 previous city and guilds accredited courses.
Read moreCamden Council were looking for a training provider that could help embed their ‘Resilient Families’ Early Help agenda to a large number of multi-agency staff. We delivered a series of one-day introductory sessions to multi-agency professionals to raise awareness following the restructure of the Early Help offer for families in the borough.
Read moreInterface provided a one-day training session aimed at Children Social Care Social Workers to increase the quality of written assessments for newly appointed and existing staff.
Read moreCatch 22 identified that they wanted to provide evidenced-based training for their front-line staff to increase their engagement levels with young people and facilitate positive change through each face-to-face interaction.
Read moreLB of Tower Hamlets wanted to embed an accredited program into their whole family working framework. This training was to coincide with changes in the authority and a will of LBTH to invest in their staff.
Read moreBarnsley were looking for a training provider to support their recent restructure to whole family working and implementation of its Family Support offer in both the Early Help and Troubled Families agenda.
Read moreInterface worked with Haringey Early Help Executive group members to develop a 3 module training programme for front line staff and those involved in the wider early help offer. The package of support was to integrate the new Early help workflow in to practice and embrace the culture change that this would bring. This bespoke course was delivered over 40 training days.
Read moreCheshire West and Chester have a strong internal whole family working vision and agenda and were looking for a training organisation to support with further implementation and training for its wider partners.
Read moreBerneslai Homes runs a large Family Intervention Service. We supported the team through the use of Motivational Interviewing.
Read moreBrent Council and their VCS partners (BANG and Barnados) attended training on motivational interviewing.
Read moreWe were successful in providing a large contract of Motivational Interviewing for family safeguarding teams across Hertfordshire.
Read moreHalton Borough Council is in the process of further developing and implementing an integrated multi-agency approach to supporting children, young people, families and vulnerable adults across the continuum from Early Intervention to statutory safeguarding services.
Read moreWe were commissioned to provide an independent evaluation of the Adults with Complex Needs Service.
Read moreWe were commissioned to provide training for WSCC Staff dealing with customers on a regular basis who have complex issues around drug addiction/alcoholism and mental health.
Read moreWest London Zone is inspired by the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a ‘cradle-to-college’ pipeline of support for children. The HCZ approach is to do ‘whatever it takes’ to help young people escape generational disadvantage – with the ambition to achieve a ‘tipping point’ whereby the whole community has a positive experience of learning, work and family life.
Read moreCheshire West and Chester had internally provided introductory Team around the Family training sessions to ensure that processes and responsibilities were clear.
Read moreDarlington City Council are focussed on developing a whole council approach to the new responsibilities created by the Children and Families Act and the Care Act to consider the needs of the whole family, delivery of coordinated packages of support and the protection of children and young people from excessive or inappropriate caring roles.
Read moreWe are working with Catalyst, a voluntary sector partner to develop and deliver part of a culture change training programme.
Read moreWarrington Borough Council has implemented an integrated multi-agency approach to supporting children, young people, families and vulnerable adults across the continuum from Early Intervention to statutory safeguarding services.
Read moreHalton Borough Council is in the process of developing and implementing an integrated multi-agency approach to supporting children, young people, families and vulnerable adults across the continuum from Early Intervention to statutory safeguarding services.
Read moreStockton Council have developed ‘A Fairer Start’ ethos and philosophy that aims to ensure that every child has the best start.
Read moreInterface provides a 2 day bespoke practical programme for managers responsible for providing supervision...
Read moreInterface provides an in-depth programme for school staff working directly with cases who are subject to or at risk of being subject to a child protection plan...
Read moreHaringey Children’s Services were seeking to embed their new Early Help Framework approach to provide early help and support to families and children. This is the approach Interface adopted to meet our client's needs...
Read moreInterface worked with Ashmead Primary School on safeguarding and signs of abuse training...read more...
Read moreFollowing a successful 2 day supervision training a further need was identified for individual team training to embed good practice following the team induction process...
Read morePromoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health
and wellbeing.
A review on Early Intervention by Graham Allen MP,
The Early Intervention Review Team
A review of recent evidence into children and young people's mental health.
Read moreThis document is an update on a project which built on a portfolio of work which PwC has undertaken with the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners over the past 2 years to help develop a deeper understanding of the parenting workforce.
Report written by the Department of Education released on 29th January 2013. This research looked at family stress factors and parental behaviour associated with both successful and poor outcomes for children aged 7.
Read moreThis briefing offers head teachers, governors and school staff a summary of the key evidence that highlights the link between health and wellbeing and educational attainment, written by Public Health England.
Read moreResearch looking at what influences attainment and development in 16-year-old students, from the Department of Education.
Read moreThis booklet, produced by ADCS, Solace and the LGA, shares learning from the local authorities who piloted the new Ofsted framework for the inspection of services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers (the single inspection framework).
Read moreThis paper looks at 18 local authorities' work to create support systems for families with young carers, showcasing positive outcomes and good practice, written by the Department for Education.
Read moreResearch carried out by London Economics for the Department for Children, Schools and Families
Read more“How refreshing it is to see a company put together a package that clearly demonstrates that you have worked in this field and produced a tool that can actually evidence what work we do.
Joanne Aston“It really has been an absolute pleasure to know you! I love your teaching style and cannot express how much I got out of the sessions. It was a therapeutic and extremely positive experience. I feel it will benefit my practise/ approaches with families so very much. I actually did not want it to end!
Level 4 Course, Tower Hamlets“We approached Interface to discuss the delivery of their Supervision training in-house for our organisation. Their proposed solution allowed for us to tailor the training to exactly meet our needs. The trainers delivery was engaging and inclusive. She used lots of relevant and practical examples imparting her extensive knowledge. Delegates left the training with specific individual plans which should have a positive impact on their practice of supervision.
Wendy Such (Parenting Coordinator, Bracknell Forest)“Thank you! The trainer was extremely knowledgeable, the course was really useful to me and I learnt a great deal that will be of use.
Ashmead Primary School Teacher“Interface were very flexible in meeting our organisation’s needs. The trainer’s style was particularly effective in holding, supporting and gently challenging staff during a period of significant change and subsequent uncertainty. Her training style is clear, warm, appropriately challenging and encourages reflection. She has fed back regularly to managers on any wider issues that have been raised during the training and that we should be considering which is particularly helpful. Feedback from participants has been consistently positive about the quality of the delivery of the training.
Kirsten Carr, Early Help Transformation and Impact Manager (London Borough of Haringey)