Allie Goldacre
Biographic Data
| ID | 4415611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allie Goldacre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allie |
| FAMILY NAME | Goldacre |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDACRE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Care leaver outcomes for children in children’s homes
Young people leaving care face significant challenges in housing, education, and employment, with those from children’s homes experiencing the poorest outcomes. This paper reports on a national analysis of these outcomes in England using linked administrative data from the Children Looked After (CLA) and Children in Need (CIN) datasets. Five birth cohorts of young people who aged out of care between 2016 and 2020 (n≈40,000) were followed to age 2…
Factors associated with the school exclusion gap for children with social work involvement
Children who receive social care services are known to have higher exclusion rates than those without social care involvement. However, there is limited evidence on which groups of children are most at risk of this exclusion gap. This article reports on a retrospective analysis of administrative data from the National Pupil Database in England, covering two age-based cohorts of children (n = 1.2 million) who took standardized tests in 2019. Child…
What factors are associated with placement instability for children in children’s homes in England? A retrospective cohort analysis using national administrative data
In England, increasing numbers of children in care are placed in children’s homes, despite a shortage of suitable placements and concerns about continuity of care. Unstable and unsuitable care arrangements make it harder to look after children with complex needs and can have a long-term impact on their health and well-being. It is therefore important to understand the factors associated with multiple changes in placement. This article reports fin…
Intervention Pathways following a Social Work Assessment
The majority of children referred to social care services in England go on to receive a statutory assessment by a social worker. Research has identified consistent categories of demand based on the needs identified in assessments. However, little is known about the relationship between children’s assessed needs and their subsequent intervention pathways. To explore this relationship, secondary analysis was undertaken of a national administrative …
Predictors of re-referral to children’s social care services
Categorising Demand for Child Welfare Services Using Latent Class Analysis
In England, administrative data on children’s needs are recorded following a social work assessment. These data are typically used to understand prevalence of individual risk factors and to inform processes, such as the work of local safeguarding partners and multi-agency services. However, reporting individual factors at assessment cannot capture the complexity and heterogeneity of multiple and overlapping needs. This study aimed to identify com…
Patterns of Demand and Provision in English Adult Social Care Services
This article reports on a quantitative study of the national datasets for adult social care in England. Building on recent analysis of trends in demand and expenditure, the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between local authority (LA) characteristics, levels of demand for state-funded services and rates of short- and long-term provision. Publicly available data on short- and long-term activity and finances were collected for a…
Reunification and Re-entry to Care
This article reports on a quantitative study of the national datasets for children in state care in England. The aim of the study was to investigate the likelihood of re-entry to care for children who returned home to their parents or main carers after an episode of care. An anonymised extract of case-level information on all children who received an episode of care between 2014 and 2020 (n = 51,238) was assembled from local authority (LA) admini…
Factors affecting the social gradient in children’s social care
The social gradient in children’s social care refers to the relationship between socio-economic status and the likelihood of a child welfare intervention. This article reports on a quantitative study of national administrative data, aiming to identify social gradients across all local authorities in England and to examine the factors affecting their relative strength. An anonymised extract of case-level information on all school-aged children inv…
Exploring the impact of Ofsted inspections on performance in children’s social care
Beyond the Toxic Trio
Demand for children’s social care is often conflated with rates of intervention and associated with a limited constellation of parental risk factors. This article reports on a more comprehensive picture of demand obtained through a quantitative study of child welfare interventions in England. Longitudinal child-level data were combined from children’s social care services in six English local authorities over a four-year period (2015–2018). Laten…
Exploring drivers of demand for child protection services in an English local authority
This paper reports on an empirical study of child protection services in a local authority where rates of investigations and interventions rose to unprecedented levels during the course of a single year. The aim of the research was to explore explanations for this rise in demand among the providers of children's social care in the area. Using an interpretative qualitative design, a series of focus groups and interviews were carried out with pract…
Screen, Ration and Churn
This article presents findings from a quantitative study of the national data-sets for statutory children’s social care services in England. The aim of the study was to examine how demand management varied in local authorities with differing levels of area deprivation. About 152 local authorities census returns and other statistical indicators covering the period 2014–2017 were combined into a single data-set. Statistical analysis was undertaken …
Exploring Demand and Provision in English Child Protection Services
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study linking the national data-sets for all children in need and child protection services in England. The study was informed by an emerging literature on systems thinking in public services, and aimed to examine variations and patterns of response in local authorities to demand for child welfare services in their area. One hundred and fifty-two local authority census returns and other statistica…
Exploring Demand and Provision in English Child Protection Services
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study linking the national data-sets for all children in need and child protection services in England. The study was informed by an emerging literature on systems thinking in public services, and aimed to examine variations and patterns of response in local authorities to demand for child welfare services in their area. One hundred and fifty-two local authority census returns and other statistica…
Exploring drivers of demand for child protection services in an English local authority
This paper reports on an empirical study of child protection services in a local authority where rates of investigations and interventions rose to unprecedented levels during the course of a single year. The aim of the research was to explore explanations for this rise in demand among the providers of children's social care in the area. Using an interpretative qualitative design, a series of focus groups and interviews were carried out with pract…
Beyond the Toxic Trio
Demand for children’s social care is often conflated with rates of intervention and associated with a limited constellation of parental risk factors. This article reports on a more comprehensive picture of demand obtained through a quantitative study of child welfare interventions in England. Longitudinal child-level data were combined from children’s social care services in six English local authorities over a four-year period (2015–2018). Laten…
Intervention Pathways following a Social Work Assessment
The majority of children referred to social care services in England go on to receive a statutory assessment by a social worker. Research has identified consistent categories of demand based on the needs identified in assessments. However, little is known about the relationship between children’s assessed needs and their subsequent intervention pathways. To explore this relationship, secondary analysis was undertaken of a national administrative …
Factors affecting the social gradient in children’s social care
The social gradient in children’s social care refers to the relationship between socio-economic status and the likelihood of a child welfare intervention. This article reports on a quantitative study of national administrative data, aiming to identify social gradients across all local authorities in England and to examine the factors affecting their relative strength. An anonymised extract of case-level information on all school-aged children inv…
Screen, Ration and Churn
This article presents findings from a quantitative study of the national data-sets for statutory children’s social care services in England. The aim of the study was to examine how demand management varied in local authorities with differing levels of area deprivation. About 152 local authorities census returns and other statistical indicators covering the period 2014–2017 were combined into a single data-set. Statistical analysis was undertaken …
Categorising Demand for Child Welfare Services Using Latent Class Analysis
In England, administrative data on children’s needs are recorded following a social work assessment. These data are typically used to understand prevalence of individual risk factors and to inform processes, such as the work of local safeguarding partners and multi-agency services. However, reporting individual factors at assessment cannot capture the complexity and heterogeneity of multiple and overlapping needs. This study aimed to identify com…
Patterns of Demand and Provision in English Adult Social Care Services
This article reports on a quantitative study of the national datasets for adult social care in England. Building on recent analysis of trends in demand and expenditure, the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between local authority (LA) characteristics, levels of demand for state-funded services and rates of short- and long-term provision. Publicly available data on short- and long-term activity and finances were collected for a…
Exploring the impact of Ofsted inspections on performance in children’s social care
Exploring Demand and Provision in English Child Protection Services
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study linking the national data-sets for all children in need and child protection services in England. The study was informed by an emerging literature on systems thinking in public services, and aimed to examine variations and patterns of response in local authorities to demand for child welfare services in their area. One hundred and fifty-two local authority census returns and other statistica…
Exploring drivers of demand for child protection services in an English local authority
This paper reports on an empirical study of child protection services in a local authority where rates of investigations and interventions rose to unprecedented levels during the course of a single year. The aim of the research was to explore explanations for this rise in demand among the providers of children's social care in the area. Using an interpretative qualitative design, a series of focus groups and interviews were carried out with pract…
Screen, Ration and Churn
This article presents findings from a quantitative study of the national data-sets for statutory children’s social care services in England. The aim of the study was to examine how demand management varied in local authorities with differing levels of area deprivation. About 152 local authorities census returns and other statistical indicators covering the period 2014–2017 were combined into a single data-set. Statistical analysis was undertaken …
Exploring the impact of Ofsted inspections on performance in children’s social care
Beyond the Toxic Trio
Demand for children’s social care is often conflated with rates of intervention and associated with a limited constellation of parental risk factors. This article reports on a more comprehensive picture of demand obtained through a quantitative study of child welfare interventions in England. Longitudinal child-level data were combined from children’s social care services in six English local authorities over a four-year period (2015–2018). Laten…
Patterns of Demand and Provision in English Adult Social Care Services
This article reports on a quantitative study of the national datasets for adult social care in England. Building on recent analysis of trends in demand and expenditure, the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between local authority (LA) characteristics, levels of demand for state-funded services and rates of short- and long-term provision. Publicly available data on short- and long-term activity and finances were collected for a…
Reunification and Re-entry to Care
This article reports on a quantitative study of the national datasets for children in state care in England. The aim of the study was to investigate the likelihood of re-entry to care for children who returned home to their parents or main carers after an episode of care. An anonymised extract of case-level information on all children who received an episode of care between 2014 and 2020 (n = 51,238) was assembled from local authority (LA) admini…
Factors affecting the social gradient in children’s social care
The social gradient in children’s social care refers to the relationship between socio-economic status and the likelihood of a child welfare intervention. This article reports on a quantitative study of national administrative data, aiming to identify social gradients across all local authorities in England and to examine the factors affecting their relative strength. An anonymised extract of case-level information on all school-aged children inv…
Categorising Demand for Child Welfare Services Using Latent Class Analysis
In England, administrative data on children’s needs are recorded following a social work assessment. These data are typically used to understand prevalence of individual risk factors and to inform processes, such as the work of local safeguarding partners and multi-agency services. However, reporting individual factors at assessment cannot capture the complexity and heterogeneity of multiple and overlapping needs. This study aimed to identify com…
Intervention Pathways following a Social Work Assessment
The majority of children referred to social care services in England go on to receive a statutory assessment by a social worker. Research has identified consistent categories of demand based on the needs identified in assessments. However, little is known about the relationship between children’s assessed needs and their subsequent intervention pathways. To explore this relationship, secondary analysis was undertaken of a national administrative …
Predictors of re-referral to children’s social care services
Factors associated with the school exclusion gap for children with social work involvement
Children who receive social care services are known to have higher exclusion rates than those without social care involvement. However, there is limited evidence on which groups of children are most at risk of this exclusion gap. This article reports on a retrospective analysis of administrative data from the National Pupil Database in England, covering two age-based cohorts of children (n = 1.2 million) who took standardized tests in 2019. Child…
What factors are associated with placement instability for children in children’s homes in England? A retrospective cohort analysis using national administrative data
In England, increasing numbers of children in care are placed in children’s homes, despite a shortage of suitable placements and concerns about continuity of care. Unstable and unsuitable care arrangements make it harder to look after children with complex needs and can have a long-term impact on their health and well-being. It is therefore important to understand the factors associated with multiple changes in placement. This article reports fin…
Care leaver outcomes for children in children’s homes
Young people leaving care face significant challenges in housing, education, and employment, with those from children’s homes experiencing the poorest outcomes. This paper reports on a national analysis of these outcomes in England using linked administrative data from the Children Looked After (CLA) and Children in Need (CIN) datasets. Five birth cohorts of young people who aged out of care between 2016 and 2020 (n≈40,000) were followed to age 2…
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