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.
The guide provides information, advice and examples of good practice on how councils and their partners can best support care-experienced children and young people to be physically active.
Young parents have enormous potential, but too often they face barriers that make it harder to thrive. Whether it’s juggling education, housing, childcare or mental health support, the challenges can be complex, and the impact on families long-lasting.
This report presents insight on how local and combined authorities are working on employment, skills and growth, structured around three themes of local government activity.
Local government is being grant funded to develop Connect to Work (CtW), a voluntary Supported Employment ‘place, train and maintain’ service to help disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers, find and stay in work. This series of top tips aims to give local government officers and elected members a good understanding of the benefits of CtW, how to make good use of it, and how it can be aligned to other council and external work.
This research by Isos Partnership builds on previous research into home to school transport carried out for the LGA in 2019. This report brings the analysis of pressures on the system up to date and explores the opportunities for future policy change in the context of potential wider reforms to the SEND system.
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.
