How a parents-first approach to child services in north-west England is getting results

New Beginnings gives social workers the time to develop relationships with the families they helpAlmost a year ago, Clare Western wrote a letter to her two teenage children. She opened up about her regrets and how she should have listened when they urged her to leave an abusive ex-partner.It was a “monumental moment”, she said. “They both broke down and hugged me. Our relationships now have moved forward and evolved and got to the point where we can move on.” Continue rea