Quotes from Ofsted
Doncaster, January 2025
Children on the edge of care benefit from the intensive and bespoke support provided by the Families Together teams and Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) team. Collaborative working between these teams, in conjunction with the child’s social worker, provides child-focused intervention to support children to live safely at home whenever possible.
Leeds, June 2025
Neglect is identified and responded to effectively for many children. The Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) team delivers intensive support for highly vulnerable children and their families through purposeful interventions.
Newcastle, May 2025
Children on the edge of care benefit from a wide range of services and interventions to keep them at home where it is safe to do so. This is contributing positively to diverting children from entering care. Specific support services such as Family Group Conferencing and Multi-Systemic Therapy are having a positive impact for a significant number of children in supporting them to remain at home or within their family networks. Highly skilled workers provide intensive therapeutic interventions to support parents and carers to be able to better meet children’s needs. Their targeted and time-limited interventions enable families to make tangible progress in their parenting capacity. Dynamic and proactive approaches are supporting resilience and improved experiences for children and their families.
Knowsley, November 2024
For children on the edge of care, Knowsley has an array of additional support services that work with children and families to reduce risks and prevent children entering care, including family group conferencing and the multisystemic team
