Commissioning secure children’s home placements in England

In this episode of this series, Head of Practice Development, Nimal Jude, looks in more detail at our report into the commissioning of secure children’s home placements in England. She is joined by Eleanor Briggs, Director of Research, who helps explain the widely reported discrepancies between bed occupancies in secure children’s homes and demand, as well as the challenges faced in allocating suitable places. Nimal also talks to Alice Roe, a lead researcher at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory  (NFJO) to find out what the findings from our report into secure children’s homes means for the sector, how it fits with NFJO’s own research and the next steps. "Understanding residential care for children in care in England" is part of a series of research we contributed to the recent Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. Contributors: Presenter: Nimal Jude, Head of Practice Development at What Works for Children's Social Care Interviews with:  Eleanor Briggs, Director of Policy at What Works for Children’s Social Care Alice Roe, researcher at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Contact: If you’d like to find out more about the latest research into children’s social care, sign up for our newsletter or have an idea for a future podcast, please get in touch: [email protected] www.whatworks-csc.org.uk Twitter: @whatworksCSC The full and summary report are available here: whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/commissioning-secure-childrens-home-placements-in-england/