by Sean Hanson | Dec 18, 2023 | Being IMPOWER
Find out who I’ve nominated as my hero of the year… Surjan is a social worker in Leicester, who has given life-changing support to many young people trying to make a new life in the city. Numbers of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children are rising steeply...
by Sean Hanson | Jul 4, 2023 | High Needs and children's education
How Valuing SEND is supporting practitioners to make use of parent and carer expertise to improve support for children and young people with SEND. At IMPOWER we have made a commitment to improving 10,000 lives through our work with local authorities. The stories of...
by Sean Hanson | Apr 26, 2023 | High Needs and children's education
Yesterday’s Westminster Education Forum was concerned with the next steps for alternative provision in England. The Department for Education has released the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan which proposes reforms for the SEND system to address poor...
by Sean Hanson | Mar 28, 2023 | High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation
Funding isn’t enough – we need a sustainable plan for improving children and young peoples’ experience of school. This week a headline grabbed my attention on the BBC News website: Overcrowded specialist schools: ‘We’re teaching in cupboards’. Parents and...
by Sean Hanson | Sep 22, 2022 | High Needs and children's education
Collaboration leads to innovation – how problem solving can be applied across multiple (often unrelated) services areas At IMPOWER our projects cover a range of disciplines, including: children’s services, adult social care, health, place and climate change. An...
