Lincolnshire chose to adopt Signs of Safety as their practice model and meetings, supervision, panels, and assessments are framed using the Signs of Safety approach.

There is “little evidence” that the Signs of Safety (SofS) model – used in some form by two-thirds of English councils – leads to better social work practice or reduced risks to children. That was the ...

The Department for Education awarded £4.8m of Innovation Programme funding in March to the Signs of Safety project to implement the social work model in 10 local authorities. Signs of Safety - ...

A much-heralded social work model being tested by 10 English councils is delivering positive results but is "not a magic bullet" for the child protection system, a study has found. An evaluation of ...