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Coram-i · Data analysis · Sharing Learning
Data visualisation in Children’s Social Care
The use of quantitative data in children’s social care is still in its infancy when compared with other sectors, and this immaturity means that developments in the various methodologies designed to act as an aid to human decision making, and indeed the understanding of whether our interventions work, is suboptimal.
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Coram-i · Data analysis
London Schools – did you know?
Our friends at SchoolDash have shared with us some interesting insights into London they have gleaned from the data they have collated for their SchoolDash product and we thought you might like to see it. Go to their website to see more! 1. London has the…
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Adoption · Coram-i · Data analysis · Matching
The Impact of the Adoption Register
Analysis has shown that there is a national shortage of adopters with a 7% decline in the number of people approved as adopters, according to a 2018 data recently published by the Adoption Leadership Board. Despite a rise in the number of children taken into care, the sector is facing…
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Adoption · Coram-i · Data analysis · Matching · Regional adoption agencies
Adoption data and Collective Matching
Last week the ASGLB published data on adoption covering the period 1 April to 30 September 2018 [1]. It is the first time in several years that the ASGLB has published the latest available data before the next round of data collection is completed, and is the closest…
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Data analysis · Fostering
Ofsted’s annual fostering data collection 2017/18
Data on fostering in England for 2017/18 [1] was published at the end of January and while it contains some interesting insights it raises a lot more questions than it answers. For a start the data is collected by Ofsted via an annual data return [2] and…
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Coram-i · Data analysis
Data Visualisation in Social Care
On Monday 10th December over 100 social care practitioners, academics and data experts gathered at Coram’s new Queen Elizabeth II Centre to share promising innovations and ideas about using data visualisation to improve the support for children who need help from local authority children’s services. Coram and its partners,…
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Adoption · Coram-i · Data analysis · Matching · Regional adoption agencies
Adoption in England – can we predict the state of the system?
Adoption data for the financial year 2017/18 is now available and while some aspects look more positive, following revisions to previously published data, there are still causes for concern. In addition to my analysis of this data, this month I am going to make a prediction about…
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Adoption · Coram-i · Data analysis · Matching
Adoption in England – a system under pressure?
The latest national data on adoption in England has just been published[1]. A hard look at this data reveals that underneath some positive headlines there is clear evidence that more children are coming into the system now than leaving and there are now not enough adopters available to…