Cohort profile: Children in Need Census (CIN) records of children referred for social care support in England

BMJ Open
Emily H EmmottJenny Woodman

Abstract

The Children in Need Census (CIN) is a case-based administrative dataset on children referred to social care services in England. CIN includes information on the 'needs' of children, and whether they received social care support. Local and national government bodies in England currently use CIN for evaluation purposes. Data are accessible to researchers under certain conditions, allowing researchers to investigate the health implications of adverse childhood experiences. However, CIN suffers from lack of metadata, meaning it can be challenging for researchers to process and interpret data, particularly if researchers are unfamiliar with the English children's social care system. To address this issue, we provide the background to CIN and describe the available data from 2008 to 2016. CIN is derived from case records held by English local authorities on all children referred to children's social care for a 'needs assessment', regardless of whether they are eventually assessed as 'in need of social care support'. Local authorities submit these case records to the UK Department for Education for collation. CIN holds information on an estimated 2.76 million children from October 2008 to March 2016. Since 2013/2014, just under 900 0...Continue Reading

Citations

Jul 13, 2019·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Michael Arribas-AyllonKatherine Shelton
Jan 24, 2020·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Matthew A Jay, Ruth Gilbert
Nov 18, 2021·International Journal of Epidemiology·Louise Mc Grath-LoneRuth Blackburn

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