The Innovate Project
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A research project, led by @michellelefevre.bsky.social, exploring how innovation may be stimulated in social work and social care settings. Particular interests in adolescent safeguarding - see www.theinnovateproject.co.uk/resources
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Our paper is rooted in a 3year Institutional Ethnography of 6 #socialcare sites in the UK, showing that service-level #innovation alone is not enough to transform practice and outcomes for young people - by
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So proud that our paper has been selected as 'Editor's Choice' in this issue of the British Journal of Social Work. In it, we draw 'A Line in the Sand', challenging policymakers to reform system foundations in order to effectively safeguard young people abused beyond the home doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
A line in the sand: Moving from surface improvement to foundational shifts to develop effective responses to extra-familial risks and harms
This article presents representative accounts from efforts in six social care departments in the UK to use innovation to improve their responses to young p
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Booking's full for our webinar on new directions in youth safeguarding - sorry! But if you sign up for the Innovate Project mailing list, our next e-newsletter will have a link to the recording for you to watch at your leisure. Sign up here: universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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We're delighted to share an ESRC impact case of the Innovate Project published by @ukri.org. Interviewing project lead @michellelefevre.bsky.social, the piece describes how the project findings and outputs are helping to change practice in #socialcare and #safeguarding www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
Creating positive change in children’s social care
Encouraging and implementing new practices is helping improve children’s social care systems for vulnerable young people and their families.
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Hot off the press! Our new paper challenges social care services to rethink what 'value for money' might mean if it were young people setting the outcome indicators. Open access at doi.org/10.1177/0017.... By @michellelefevre.bsky.social and twitter.com/Lisa_Holmes_...
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That would be gratefully received, thank you!