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Research from Nuffield FJO in development

In 2018, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory progressed from concept to development. During this time we consulted with professionals across the family justice system to consider how better generation and application of evidence could improve practice and decision-making in the interests of children and families.

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Nuffield FJO in development | 2019

Use of children’s social care data at the local and regional level

This insight piece explores the nature, availability and use of child level administrative data at the local and regional level, by children’s social care departments. The report finds that there is value in children’s social care data being analysed locally and regionally, as well as purely being exported by local…

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Nuffield FJO in development | 2019

Report to Greater Manchester Local Family Justice Board on work with the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

This report provides a summary of stakeholder activity between the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory development team and the Greater Manchester Local Family Justice Board (LFJB). This pilot will help to inform how the Nuffield FJO works with LFJB. With a focus on good practice and areas for improvement, this…

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Nuffield FJO in development | 2019

Sussex Quality Circle Insight Piece

This paper outlines the work of a group of social workers, lawyers and guardians working in Sussex who have formed a Quality Circle to identify ways to improve practice in the family justice system.

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Nuffield FJO in development | 2019

What could a public health approach to family justice look like?

Teresa Williams, Director of Strategy at Cafcass England, explores what a public health approach to family justice might look like. Her focus is on private law cases which centre on disputes over where and how children spend time with their separated parents.

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Nuffield FJO in development | 2018

AFCC think tanks: Promoting dialogue on difficult issues in family law

Practitioners working in the family justice system make difficult decisions everyday about the lives of children. Not only are the facts of each and every case often subject to disagreement but the broader substantive issues of family justice are sometimes hotly contested. This paper sets out the work of…

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Our history

For more information about how Nuffield FJO has evolved since the Nuffield Foundation first proposed a Family Justice Observatory in 2015, see the timeline on our history page.

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What do we know about children in the family justice system?

Our infographic pulls together what we know, and what we don’t know, about children’s journeys through the family justice system from national data.

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About the Observatory

We are an independent body, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory exists to find and fill the gaps in our understanding of the family justice system, highlight the areas where change will have the biggest impact, and foster collaboration to make that change happen.

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