Professor Rick Hood

Why less poverty means fewer child protection plans

Hood, Rick, 2026, Community Care, Published

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Just because we can does not mean we should: responsible and meaningful uses of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children’s social care

Holmes, Lisa, Hood, Rick, Mc Grath-Lone, Louise, Méndez Pineda, Rocio, Park, Jeongeun, Scourfield, Jonathan, Soraghan, Joanna and Woodman, Jenny, 2026, British Journal of Social Work (56), 5 pp 2378-2398, Published

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Care leaver outcomes for children in children’s homes: a retrospective cohort study using national administrative data for England

Goldacre, Allie, Martin, Emma, Jones, Ed, Coady, Caroline, Clements, Keith, Tempest, Hannah, Vincent, Rebecca, Wang, Chao and Hood, Rick, 2026, Children and Youth Services Review (185), Published

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Attachment theory and research: what should be on the core curriculum for child and family social workers?

Foster, Sarah L., Schofield, Gillian, Geoghegan, Luke, Hood, Rick, Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham, Bakkum, Lianne, Hutchinson, Dustin, Balk, William, Devine, Richard, Steele, Miriam, Steele, Howard, Duncan, Ross, Guthrie, Jenni, Mannes, Julia, Talia, Alessandro, Pickerden, Jane E., Senior, Lucy, Bailey, Luke, Stanton, Cathrine, Allen, Brian, Dagan, Or, Opie, Jessica E., Verhage, Marije L., Reijman, Sophie, Sterkenburg, Paula S., Costa-Cordella, Stefanella, Spies, Ruan, Tharner, Anne, Granqvist, Pehr, Forslund, Tommie, Madigan, Sheri, Schuengel, Carlo, Hammarlund, Mårten, Fonagy, Peter and Duschinsky, Robbie, 2026, Social Work Education (45), 3 pp 803-820, Published

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Linking administrative benefits and child protection data to uncover poverty's hidden impact [Meeting abstract]

Valdebenito Contreras, Natalia, Godoy Jalil, Tamara and Hood, Rick, 2026, International Journal of Population Data Science (11), 5 pp 3590, Published

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What factors are associated with placement instability for children in children’s homes in England? A retrospective cohort analysis using national administrative data

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Martin, Emma, Jones, Edward, Coady, Caroline, Clements, Keith and Tempest, Hannah, 2025, British Journal of Social Work, E-pub ahead of print

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The social must be stabilised: how are the social needs of young people with social work involvement characterized in their mental health case notes?

Morgan, Tessa, Crozier-Roche, Francesca, Graham, David, Smith, Jack, Drayak, Taliah, Mary, Sophie, Cossar, Jeanette, Mannes, Julia, Pilimatalawwe, Dihini, Parker, Pamela, Coughlan, Barry, Hood, Rick, Hutchinson, Dustin, Woolgar, Matt and Duschinsky, Robbie, 2025, Social Science and Medicine (374), E-pub ahead of print

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Predictors of re-referral to children's social care services: an analysis of the national datasets for England

Goldacre, Allie, Jones, Ed, Martin, Emma, Clements, Keith, Webb, Calum and Hood, Rick, 2025, Children and Youth Services Review (169), Published

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Knowledge brokering inside the policymaking process: an analysis of evidence use inside a UK government department

Shaxson, Louise, Hood, Rick, Boaz, Annette and Head, Brian, 2025, Evidence & Policy (21), 1 pp 6-25, Published

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Typological and cumulative approaches to risk and adversity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): retrospective cohort analysis in South London

Coughlan, Barry, Marshall, Nicole, Woolgar, Matt, Mannes, Julia, Erkiert, Paige, Humphrey, Ayla, Smith, Jack, Drayak, Taliah, Crozier-Roche, Francesca, Morgan, Tessa, Hutchinson, Dustin, Graham, David, Hood, Rick and Duschinsky, Robbie, 2024, Comprehensive Psychiatry, E-pub ahead of print

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Inequality and its implications for the social work profession: reflections on the UK Joint Universities Social Work Association Conference

Hood, Rick, 2024, British Journal of Social Work (54), 8 pp 3425-3428, Published

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Factors associated with the school exclusion gap for children with social work involvement: a retrospective cohort study using national administrative data

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Jones, Edward, Martin, Emma, Clements, Keith and Webb, Calum, 2024, British Journal of Social Work, E-pub ahead of print

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Intervention pathways following a social work assessment: an analysis of national administrative data for children's social care in England

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Jones, Ed, Martin, Emma, Clements, Keith and Webb, Calum, 2024, British Journal of Social Work, E-pub ahead of print

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Risk rates and profiles at intake in child and adolescent mental health services: A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London

Coughlan, Barry, Woolgar, Matt, Hood, Rick, Hutchinson, Dustin, Denford, Ella, Hillier, Amy, Clements, Keith, Geraghty, Teresa, Berry, Ava, Bywaters, Paul, Bilson, Andy, Smith, Jack, Drayak, Taliah, Graham, David, Crozier-Roche, Francesca and Duschinsky, Robbie, 2024, JCPP Advances, E-pub ahead of print

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Negotiating the budget for evidence-informed policymaking: insights from a UK government department

Shaxson, Louise, Hood, Rick, Boaz, Annette and Head, Brian, 2024, Public Money & Management, E-pub ahead of print

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Categorising demand for child welfare services using latent class analysis: a study of the national data-sets on children in need in England

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Jones, Ed, King, Adam, Clements, Keith and Webb, Calum, 2023, British Journal of Social Work, E-pub ahead of print

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Reunification and re-entry to care: an analysis of the national datasets for children looked after in England

Goldacre, Allie, Hood, Rick, Jones, Ed, King, Adam and Wang, Chao, 2022, British Journal of Social Work (52), 8 pp 4756-4777, Published

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Patterns of demand and provision in English adult social care services

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Abbott, Simon and Jones, Ray, 2022, British Journal of Social Work (52), 7 pp 3858-3880, Published

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Factors affecting the social gradient in children's social care

Goldacre, Allie and Hood, Rick, 2022, British Journal of Social Work (52), 6 pp 3599-3617, Published

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What linking children's social care and benefits data can tell us

Hood, Rick, 2022, Policy in Practice, Published

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Exploring the impact of Ofsted inspections on performance in children's social care

Hood, Rick and Goldacre, Allie, 2021, Children and Youth Services Review (129), Published

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Beyond the toxic trio: exploring demand typologies in children's social care

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Webb, Calum, Bywaters, Paul, Gorin, Sarah and Clements, Keith, 2021, British Journal of Social Work (51), 6 pp 1942-1962, Published

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Using outcome measures in child protection work

Hood, Rick, Lansley, Sue, Mitchell, Toni and Gaskell-Mew, Elaine, 2021, Child & Family Social Work (26), 3 pp 318-328, Published

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New development: using the Vanguard Method to explore demand and performance in people-centred services

Hood, Rick, O’Donovan, Brendan, Gibson, Jo and Brady, Dermot, 2021, Public Money & Management (41), 5 pp 422-425, Published

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Exploring drivers of demand for child protection services in an English local authority

Hood, Rick, Gorin, Sarah, Goldacre, Allie, Muleya, Wilson and Bywaters, Paul, 2020, Child & Family Social Work (25), 3 pp 657-664, Published

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Screen, ration and churn: demand management and the crisis in children's social care

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Gorin, Sarah and Bywaters, Paul, 2020, British Journal of Social Work (50), 3 pp 868-889, Published

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Theories of power in interprofessional research: developing the field

Cohen Konrad, Shelley, Fletcher, Simon, Hood, Rick and Patel, Kunal, 2019, Journal of Interprofessional Care (33), 5 pp 401-405, Published

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An analysis of Ofsted inspection reports for children's social care services in England

Hood, Rick, Nilsson, David and Habibi, Ruth, 2019, Child & Family Social Work (24), 2 pp 227-237, Published

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A study of practitioner-service user relationships in social work

Hood, Rick, Brent, Maria, Abbott, Simon and Sartori, Daniele, 2019, British Journal of Social Work (49), 3 pp 787-805, Published

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Demand management is making problems worse for local authorities under pressure

Hood, Rick, 2019, Community Care, Published

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What to measure in child protection?

Hood, Rick, 2019, British Journal of Social Work (49), 2 pp 466-484, Published

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Why are children treated unequally by social care services?

Hood, Rick, Gorin, Sarah and Goldacre, Alexander, 2018, Community Care, Published

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[Book Review of] Blinded by Science: The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience, David Wastell and Susan White

Hood, Rick, 2017, British Journal of Social Work (47), 6 pp 1824-1826, Published

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Complex systems, explanation and policy: implications of the crisis of replication for public health research

Grant, Robert L. and Hood, Rick, 2017, Critical Public Health (27), 5 pp 525-532, Published

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Collaborating across the threshold: the development of interprofessional expertise in child safeguarding

Hood, Rick, Price, Jayne, Sartori, Daniele, Maisey, Daryl, Johnson, Jessica and Clark, Zoe, 2017, Journal of Interprofessional Care (31), 6 pp 705-713, Published

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A study of performance indicators and Ofsted ratings in English child protection services

Hood, Rick, Grant, Robert, Jones, Ray and Goldacre, Allie, 2016, Children and Youth Services Review (67) pp 50-56, Published

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Exploring demand and provision in English child protection services

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Grant, Robert and Jones, Ray, 2016, British Journal of Social Work (46), 4 pp 923-941, Published

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How deprivation affects the way social work referrals are handled

Hood, Rick, 2016, Community Care, Published

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Child protection interventions are on the rise - and the trend shows no sign of slowing

Hood, Rick, 2016, Community Care, Published

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How professionals talk about complex cases: a critical discourse analysis

Hood, Rick, 2016, Child and Family Social Work (21), 2 pp 125-135, Published

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Be careful what you measure in child protection because it influences practice

Hood, Rick, 2016, Community Care, Published

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Combining phenomenological and critical methodologies in qualitative research

Hood, Rick, 2016, Qualitative Social Work (15), 2 pp 160-174, Published

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A conceptual review of interprofessional expertise in child safeguarding

Hood, Rick, Gillespie, Judy and Davies, Jonathon, 2016, Journal of Interprofessional Care (30), 4 pp 493-498, Published

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How professionals experience complexity: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Hood, Rick, 2015, Child Abuse Review (24), 2 pp 140-152, Published

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A socio-technical critique of tiered services: implications for interprofessional care.

Hood, Rick, 2015, Journal of Interprofessional Care (29), 1 pp 8-12, Published

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Early experiences in extending personal budgets in one local authority

Norrie, Caroline, Weinstein, Jenny, Jones, Ray, Hood, Rick and Bhanbro, Sadiq, 2014, Working with Older People (18), 4 pp 176-185, Published

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Complexity and integrated working in children's services

Hood, Rick, 2014, British Journal of Social Work (44), 1 pp 27-43, Published

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The definition and deployment of differential core professional competencies and characteristics in multiprofessional health and social care teams

Jones, Ray, Bhanbhro, Sadiq M., Grant, Robert and Hood, Rick, 2013, Health and Social Care in the Community (21), 1 pp 47-58, Published

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A critical realist model of complexity for interprofessional working

Hood, Rick, 2012, Journal of Interprofessional Care (26), 1 pp 6-12, Published

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Studying the outcomes of children's social care provision for different types of demand

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Clements, Keith, Jones, Edward, King, Adam, Martin, Emma and Webb, Calum (2024). [Published]

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Overcoming behavioural & cultural barriers to multi-agency information sharing in children's social care

Feinstein, Leon, Hood, Rick, Hyde-Dryden, Georgia and Baginsky, Mary (2023). Oxford, U.K.: [E-pub ahead of print]

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Inequality and social work

Hood, Rick (2023). London, U.K.: [Published]

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Covid-19 and trends in children's social care: an analysis of the national datasets for England

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, King, Adam and Jones, Ed (2022). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: [Published]

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Improving the quality of decision making and risk assessment in children's social care: a rapid evidence review

Hood, Rick, Abbott, Simon, Nilsson, David, Coughlan, Barry, Duschinsky, Robbie, Parker, Pamela and Mannes, Julia (2022). [Published]

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Improving the chances of successful reunification for children who return home from care: a rapid evidence review

Hood, Rick, Abbott, Simon, Nilsson, David, Baginsky, Mary and Dimond, Claire (2022). [Published]

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Reunification and re-entry to care: an analysis of national children's datasets for England

Hood, Rick, Jones, Ed, King, Adam and Goldacre, Allie (2021). [Published]

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The social gradient in English child welfare services: an analysis of the national children's social care datasets

Hood, Rick and Goldacre, Allie (2021). [Published]

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Identifying and understanding the link between system conditions and welfare inequalities in children's social care services: Final Report

Hood, Rick, Goldacre, Allie, Gorin, Sarah, Bywaters, Paul and Webb, Calum (2020). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: [Published]

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Prevent SOC pilot evaluation report

Brady, Dermot, Hood, Rick and Watson, Susan (2018). Kingston Upon Thames: [Accepted/In press]

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Complexity in social work

Hood, Rick (2018). London, U.K.: [Published]

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Caring Dads: multi-site evaluation in London 2013-2015: final report

Hood, Rick, Lindsay, Jane and Muleya, Wilson (2015). [Published]

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Evaluation of Caring Dads: a single site evaluation in an urban local authority: interim report

Hood, Rick, Lindsay, Jane and Muleya, Wilson (2014). [Published]

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Evaluating the experience of older people and people with mental health issues of being assessed for and receiving a personal budget in Wandsworth

Hood, Rick, Jones, Ray, Weinstein, Jenny and Ellison, Sarah (2012). London, U.K.: [Published]

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Using evidence in social care

Ghate, Deborah and Hood, Rick (2019). In: Boaz, Annette, Davies, Huw, Fraser, Alec, Nutley, Sandra, (eds.), Bristol, U.K.: pp 89-109 [Published]

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Assessment for social work practice

Hood, Rick (2016). In: Davies, Keith, Jones, Ray, (eds.), London, U.K.: pp 82-104 [Published]

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Prevention and protection: the development of safeguarding in children‘s services

Hood, Rick (2015). In: Evans, Tony, Keating, Frank, (eds.), London, U.K.: pp 48-65 [Published]

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Dilemmas of a caring profession: the implications of inequality for social work

Hood, Rick(2024). [Published]

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Welfare inequalities: an existential challenge for social work?

Hood, Rick(2024). [Published]

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Social work, systems thinking and digital technology

Hood, Rick(2021). [Published]

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Reflexive regulation: Exploring the impact of Ofsted inspections on children‘s social care services.

Hood, Rick(2021). [Published]

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Evidence and public health policy in complex systems: a view from the UK after COVID-19

Grant, Robert and Hood, Rick(2021). [Published]

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Socioeconomic inequalities: reforming an unjust child welfare system

Hood, Rick(2021). [Published]

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Measuring what matters: a systems approach to evaluating impact and effectiveness in children's social care

Hood, Rick and Brendan, O'Donovan(2021). [Published]

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Concentrations of inequality in children's social care: lessons for policy and practice

Hood, Rick and Goldacre, Allie(2021). [Published]

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The challenges facing children: what's driving the demand for children's services

Hood, Rick(2020). [Published]

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Managing demand for children's social care

Hood, Rick(2019). [Published]

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Identifying and understanding the link between system conditions and welfare inequalities in statutory children's social care services

Hood, Rick(2018). [Published]

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Regulation, risk and blame culture in social work

Hood, Rick(2018). [Published]

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An analysis of performance and inspection in English child protection services

Hood, Rick(2017). [Published]

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Measuring outcomes and performance in child protection services

Hood, Rick(2017). [Published]

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Inspection and the measurement of services

Hood, Rick(2016). [Published]

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Exploring performance measures in child protection

Hood, Rick and Goldacre, Allie(2015). [Published]

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How professionals experience complexity and joint working in child protection

Hood, Rick(2012). [Published]

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Outcomes, indicators and professional work in integrated children's services

Hood, Rick(2011). [Published]

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The tail and the dog: the role of research in developing integrated children's services

Hood, Rick(2011). [Published]

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How do policy officials allocate their resources to support evidence-informed policymaking? Towards a research agenda

Shaxson, Louise, Hood, Rick, Boaz, Annette and Head, Brian (2024). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: [Published]

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Impact of investing in prevention on demand for statutory children's social care

Hood, Rick, Webb, Calum, Bennett, Davara and Bywaters, Paul (2022). London, U.K.: National Children's Bureau [Published]

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The case for change: a response

Bywaters, Paul, Gupta, Anna, Bilson, Andy, Morris, Kate, Hood, Rick, Featherstone, Bird and Webb, Calum (2021). [Published]

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Evidence for system reform needed to address the socio-economic drivers of demand and reduce inequalities in child welfare provision.

Hood, Rick, Featherstone, Brid, Bywaters, Paul, Gupta, Anna, Bilson, Andy, Morris, Kate and Webb, Calum (2021). [Submitted]

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