Research and analysis

Residential parenting assessments

The costs and contribution that residential parenting assessments make to effective decision-making in public law.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 July 2014

Documents

Residential parenting assessments

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-397-3, DFE-RR370

PDF, 1.03 MB, 101 pages

Details

The aims of the research were to:

• explore use patterns and expenditure for residential parenting assessments across different local authorities
• examine residential assessment recommendations and subsequent court decisions

Social workers use residential parenting assessments to assess families staying in residential family centres.

Published 17 July 2014