Sharing knowledge about data

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The Children’s Social Care Data User Group (CSCDUG) was established in early 2018 by Lisa Holmes from the University of Sussex, Nikki Luke of Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, and Jenny Woodman at the Thomas Coram Research Unit at UCL Social Research Institute. The group was set up by and for those who use data from children’s social care services, such as the Children in Need and Children Looked After datasets, to understand and improve services and the welfare of children and families.

CSCDUG provides a forum to share expertise and learning between all users and potential users (academic, practice and policy) and to provide opportunities for collaboration and joint-working between data teams, including users of comparable international data.

Our first meeting was in February 2018 when we brought together a range of data users and provided a platform for a series of presentations. We subsequently held a seminar in March 2019 and in 2020 we moved to virtual meetings as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. We now have close to 150 members, and we continue to grow. We aim to provide a supportive, collaborative and non-hierarchical platform for data discussions.

You can contact us on CSCDUG@ucl.ac.uk