by Dominic Luscombe | Jul 12, 2024 | Children's social care
While the sector awaits a clear policy direction for children’s social care from our new Government there are reasons for optimism. Some well-received ministerial appointments and a fresh team with new ideas and energy could empower the sector to tackle the...
by Deborah Ennis | May 16, 2024 | Children's social care
Foster Care Fortnight is an opportunity to raise awareness and celebrate foster carers and those individuals who support carers and children and young people. The theme of 2024 is #FosteringMoments, giving all individuals involved across the fostering community a...
by Yusuf Ur-Rehman | May 13, 2024 | Children's social care
Foster Care Fortnight is an opportunity to raise awareness and celebrate foster carers and those individuals who support carers and children and young people. The theme of 2024 is #FosteringMoments, giving all individuals involved across the fostering community a...
by Dominic Luscombe | Mar 18, 2024 | Children's social care, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
On Thursday 7 March I joined Bevan Brittan for a shared learning event focused on the government’s children’s social care reform strategy. In support of this myself and my colleague Kate Dexter (Assistant Director, Family Help and High Needs at Norfolk County Council)...
by Alex Fox | Mar 7, 2024 | Adult social care, Children's social care, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
We often create services intended for everyone, but then find that they don’t work for everyone. They may exclude or poorly serve those with specific needs or barriers to accessing them. So we develop specialist services, for example, to support people with learning...
by Zoe Appleton | Mar 6, 2024 | Children's social care, Local government transformation
50 children’s services leaders discussed the ways in which their organisations are using insight on children’s needs to transform practice and commissioning. IMPOWER and the County Councils Network (CCN) recently welcomed more than 50 children’s services leaders...
