Child safeguarding services intervene when a child is at risk of serious emotional or physical harm. Oxfordshire County Council is implementing a new approach to child safeguarding (Family Solutions Plus [FSP]) with a greater focus on whole family support and reducing the need for foster care. We sampled two cohorts of children closed within 1 year and examined the time spent in services. The sample included 474 children entering services before the new model's implementation and 561 children after. A greater proportion of children receiving FSP required a single care plan before their case was closed (85.9%; 69.4%, p < 0.001) and only experienced the lowest level plan (74.5%; 61.8%, p < 0.001). On average, this group spent less time in services for the period being observed (MD = 17.58, 95% confidence interval = 6.19, 28.96). At this early stage, no significant reduction in the number of children requiring foster care was seen (5.5%; 3.9%, p = 0.23). These initial findings suggest a potential association of FSP with a reduced number and level of care plans as well as length of time. Local authorities in England may investigate further whether FSP is a potentially useful model in improving safeguarding services.

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社会关怀中家庭保护新方法的影响：常规数据分析的初步结果

当儿童面临严重的情感或身体伤害风险时，儿童保护服务会介入。牛津郡议会正在实施一种新的儿童保护方法（家庭解决方案+ [FSP]），更加注重整个家庭的支持并减少对寄养的需求。我们对一年内关闭的两组儿童进行了抽样调查，并检查了他们在服务中花费的时间。样本包括新模式实施前进入服务的 474 名儿童和新模式实施后进入服务的 561 名儿童。接受 FSP 的儿童在案件结案前需要单一护理计划的比例较高 (85.9%; 69.4%, p  < 0.001)，并且只经历了最低级别的计划 (74.5%; 61.8%, p  < 0.001)。平均而言，该组在观察期间花费的服务时间较少（MD  = 17.58，95% 置信区间 = 6.19, 28.96）。在这个早期阶段，需要寄养的儿童数量没有显着减少（5.5%；3.9%，p  = 0.23）。这些初步研究结果表明，FSP 与护理计划数量和水平以及时间长度的减少存在潜在关联。英格兰地方当局可能会进一步调查 FSP 是否是改善保障服务的潜在有用模式。