This one-day policy conference will explore the government's plans for strengthening support to families with multiple problems – considering the work of the new DCLG Troubled Families Unit; how we can make best use of Community Budgets, Social Finance, and ESF Funding; what more we can do to help families back into work; and what new models of commissioning and delivery mean in practice.

Turning around the lives of families with complex multiple problems is a key priority for the coalition government, with a new Troubled Families Unit at the Department for Communities and Local Government headed by Louise Casey, as well as a new round of community budget pilots, the 2011 ESF Funding Round, and a social impact bond pilot all targeted at these families.

With these families experiencing some of the worst social, educational and health outcomes, and requiring extensive and costly interventions from a variety of agencies, it is hoped that tackling these ingrained problems will both strengthen life chances and opportunities for the individuals affected, and reduce the on-going, long-term costs to the public purse.

This timely event will explore how the government will be taking forward work to support families with multiple problems; assess the existing evidence on family intervention, the lessons we can learn from this, and examples of best practice and innovative approaches; and examine new models of funding and delivery.

It will consider:

• The government's ambitions and its plans for strengthening work to support families with multiple problems, including the work of the new DCLG Troubled Families Unit
• The scale of the problem – the number of families affected, the effect on their life chances, and the impact on local communities more widely.
• The evidence and lessons from recent family intervention work.
• Using community budgets, social impact bonds, and payment by results to fund work with troubled families.
• What more we can do to help families into work, and how the 2011 ESF funding round can support this.
• Best practice examples from local authorities, public sector partners, and third sector organisations, and the benefits these have achieved.
• Establishing new models of delivery – the part social enterprises, mutuals and cooperatives can play in bringing together the experience and expertise of the public, private and third sectors.

Register your place today to understand the coalition government's plans for supporting families with multiple problems, the part new models of joint-working, delivery and finance can play, and the lessons and best practice from existing work – ensuring that your organisation is equipped to implement these new approaches locally.