I am pleased that the debate on funding for children’s services is getting more traction at a national level, thanks in large part to the efforts of sector representatives such as the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and the Local Government…
Our national fostering system has been neglected for too long. Despite being the mainstay of our statutory parenting capacity, and despite the needs of children who most need stability and support, it has been impoverished in both policy and system reform. I therefore welcome…
As the recent Guardian article illustrates (‘Greedy Financiers profiting from the Pain of Children’), the debate about the market for providing children’s care is intensifying. There is no doubt that this market is broken; certainly in the economic sense and, in some quarters, morally…
In mulling over the quandaries facing our clients on regional adoption agencies (RAAs) I was considering how to clarify some of the thinking and share some of their pain. Then, when lamenting the lack of reasoned debate on a recent social care news piece,…
This month Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson committed to a “national stocktake of fostering”. In response to the national news piece about the ‘poaching’ of council foster carers and the attendant claims of profiteering, Mr Timpson said that the stocktake would “include looking at…
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RT @ollyswann: Good meeting with @educationgovuk yesterday to discuss all things #ValuingCare. Next one in the diary already to ta… https://t.co/joBueyjs1X,