Scaling and deepening the Reclaiming Social Work model

This document describes a comprehensive evaluation of three distinct social work initiatives aimed at improving family services and preventing children from entering care. The Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) model focuses on systemic practice in children's services and has shown promising results, including higher quality practice and better family engagement. The Key Family Team (KFT) service aims to support families and prevent children from entering care, with significant cost savings reported. Both RSW and KFT face challenges in scaling and require sustained organizational support for success. The third program evaluated is a social work training initiative that emphasizes motivational interviewing and systemic practice to enhance social workers' skills. Although there is an overlap between the two approaches, the evaluation suggests that systemic features may not be fully captured by the current assessment methods. The document concludes that while these models and programs have potential benefits, they necessitate systemic changes and ongoing support for sustained implementation and success. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Department for Education (DfE)
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Process evaluation
• Process methods: Other
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: July 2017

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes