EveryChild has launched their latest literature review which highlights the need for more thorough assessments of appropriate approaches, functions and support needs for social workers and suggests elements of an assessment tool to explore these issues. This review is the first part of a longer process for developing such an assessment tool, and EveryChild will be further developing and testing the tool over the next year.

The report is available here. To post comments and join the debate on effective social work provision for children without parental care, please visit the policy pages of the everyday website here.