Research and analysis

Decision-making in children’s social care: quantitative analysis

Report of a project exploring patterns and trends in social worker decision making.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 July 2016
• Last updated: 29 June 2017
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  1. 29 June 2017

     Corrected the way results are reported on case outcomes for children who speak English as an additional language (EAL) in the executive summary and summary box introducing the relevant section in the main report.

  2. 7 July 2016

     First published.

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Decision-making in children's social care: quantitative analysis

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-626-4, DFE-RR560

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The findings of a research project looking at what influences social workers to make decisions, eg behavioural or psychological factors.