A journey to a journey – transformation of Home to School Travel
A journey to a journey – transformation of Home to School
Widening the lens through which our clients begin to tackle the challenge.
Good morning Manchester!
Day 2 of the National Children and Adult Services Conference (#NCASc16… we think). IMPOWER will also be tweeting too at @IMPOWERCONSULT
8:30am – if you’re just joining the Conference, a round-up of the best bits from yesterday is here
9:00am – ICYMI, here’s the LGA’s Adult social care funding: 2016 state of the nation report 2016
9:10am – adult social care spending is going down, while demand continues to rise:
81% of councils spending less on ASC although demand has increased by 50% since 2009. #ncasc2016
— Ralph Cook (@ralphcook75) November 3, 2016
9:24am – Agree:
Notwithstanding all the above @25DavidPearson says we need a much better financial settlement for adult social care. #ncasc16 #ncasc2016
— Rachael Wardell (@WardellR) November 3, 2016
10:00am –
Useful session to start the day, focusing on evidence, early help and what works.. #ncasc2016
— Steve Kay (@SteveKayNEL) November 3, 2016
10:40am – Listening to Emma Lewell-Buck MP on children’s services. Quotes recent NAO report ‘Children in need of help or protection‘ that “government changing structures to the detriment of the people delivering the service”. Changing structures not a bad thing per se, but we need the evidence that it works – for the taxpayer and for children
11:10am – CHALLENGE: How can we make social care a political priority?
12:00pm – pre-Lunch key messages from David Mowat MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health:
1:30pm – fascinating session on the Mental Capacity Act. Important for how services/councils engage with service users to promote independence. “Do not assume someone lacks capacity just because they make an unwise decision”
1:45pm – Interesting framing of social care from John Bolton this morning:
Culture and behaviour change both key to models 1 and 2; shifting the mindset of both social workers, managers and citizens. If ‘promoting independence’ perhaps still politically seen as a cover up for service cuts then would be interesting to know how many Members were at the session…
2:05pm – It’s been great to catch-up with clients and chat public service reform… and pets
Useful evening with national colleagues, talking public sector change, demand management and my dog @ollyswann @JamesHEdmondson #ncasc2016
— Steve Kay (@SteveKayNEL) November 2, 2016
2:10pm – Keen to hear from this session: How are councils coping and what else can they be doing?
The auditorium is filling up for the session on supporting #UASC it should be interesting #ncasc16
— Darryl Freeman (@darrylf_bedford) November 3, 2016
3:00pm – good session on the work Hertfordshire County Council are doing on integration. How investment in social care (to support people at home) is resulting in less demand in the health system, including:
Slides available from the SCIE website here
3:30pm – The unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) session was (sadly) a ‘closed’ session, but speaking to a colleague an interesting debate was had, talk of possible funds to help councils with the influx. Pressure now on Councils to find homes for this vulnerable cohort. IMPOWER have written about this here.
4:00pm – key points from Justine Greening:
.@JustineGreening also announced practice-based development programme to ‘nurture’ next gen of practice leaders. #ncasc2016
— Sam Clayden (@SamTheMJ) November 3, 2016
Really passionate and heartfelt speech from @JustineGreening to #ncasc2016 about the importance of giving every child an equal opportunity pic.twitter.com/CyGoN3CCiS
— Cllr Tom Garrod (@TomGarrod) November 3, 2016
Great to hear @JustineGreening acknowledging complexity of social work & families.Too often govt seem to shy away from complexity #ncasc2016
— Dez Holmes (@dez_holmes) November 3, 2016
4:35pm – Edward Timpson keynote. Key points:
7:30pm – Catching up with clients, colleagues and friends at the IMPOWER dinner: