The Healthy Child programme is the cornerstone of England’s universal public health nursing offer for babies, children and young people. It is delivered by health visitors (for children aged 0–5) and school nurses (for children and young people aged 5–19, or up to 25 for care leavers and those with special educational needs and disabilities).
A summary of the work provided by Partners in Care and Health to deliver the DSHC commissioned adult social care sector improvement programme in 2024-25. This report highlights the reach and impact of our support to the sector, working in collaboration with local authorities to deliver high quality care that enables choice, control and independence for everyone.
Councils have worked tirelessly with partners to reduce under-18 conception rates, improve outcomes for young parents, and tackle the inequalities that underpin early pregnancy. This guide sets out the evidence, challenges and opportunities for councils to continue leading the way.
This guidance aims to support councils to prepare effectively for the implementation of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act (SHROA) by improving oversight, strengthening provider relationships, and ultimately ensuring better outcomes for residents.
This edition updates the original ‘The Care Act and Whole-Family Approaches’ published in 2015. Ten years on, it’s in need of some updating although much of the content remains relevant and is included. Where practical, we have signposted to the most recent resources available to support embedding a whole family approach rather than reproducing them in detail here.
This document is a ‘how to’ guide for the development of a collaborative community approach to supporting the adult social care front door. Rather than being prescriptive, this guide aims to empower practitioners to think about what might work best in their local context and to provide the tools to help them.
This report identifies key aspects for establishing this new approach, encompassing core values (strength-based, co-production, empowering people) and working approaches (building networks, developing over time). These elements are essential for creating a high-quality alternative offer that operates alongside the traditional front door. The model has been reviewed and further tested in real-world applications. Rather than being prescriptive, it aims to empower practitioners to consider what will work best in their local context and provides tools to aid this process.
The Council for Disabled Children and Partners in Care and Health would like to thank the group of parent carers, experts by experience and practitioners that contributed to the development of this guide. Their expertise and insights have been invaluable throughout this process and have helped us to ensure that the contents of the guide are aligned with the needs of autistic young people who move on from children’s social care and health services.
This explainer for council staff aims to help council staff understand the concept of diagnostic overshadowing which can impact on people with a learning disability and autistic people and to give practitioners strategies to prevent diagnostic overshadowing if they come across this when working with people.
