A preventative approach in social care is critical to supporting children and adults to lead the lives they want to live.
Helping people as early as possible can enable a strengths-based, person-centred approach that tackles the root cause of issues. This way of working is vital to ensuring a more sustainable and cost-effective system that reduces inequalities.
At the 2025 Research in Practice Leaders’ Forum, we explored what prevention means to different parts of our sector, and the role leaders play in enabling preventative way of working. A series of three new blogs share different perspectives from the conference. They explore key messages shared by speakers throughout the day, the importance of equitable prevention, and how learning from the conference is being applied in practice.
Prevention as a paradigm shift
Dyfrig Williams, Learning Design Manager for Research in Practice, reflects on the event, highlighting key messages from research and practice.
Dismantling deficit ideology: The problems with prevention
Equity-centred researcher, Zoya Wallington discusses how we can dismantle a deficit-based, colonial model of prevention.
Enabling prevention and strengthening leadership in Brent Council
Omar Mohamed and Palvinder Kudhail explore how leaders at Brent Council are implementing learning from Leaders’ Forum in practice with colleagues, partners, families and young people.
For leaders across health and social care, it’s important to work alongside people and recognise the value of their knowledge and experience. This can lead to improved services and better outcomes for the people we support.
Prevention as a paradigm shift
Dyfrig Williams, Learning Design Manager for Research in Practice, reflects on the event, highlighting key messages from research and practice.
Dismantling deficit ideology: The problems with prevention
Zoya Wallington discusses how we can dismantle a deficit-based, colonial model of prevention.
Enabling prevention and strengthening leadership in Brent Council
Omar Mohamed and Palvinder Kudhail explore how leaders at Brent Council are implementing learning from Leaders’ Forum in practice with colleagues, partners, families and young people.