Insights | IMPOWER Insights - Part 25

Many councils have focused attention on the Older People cohort to help address their financial challenges. Councils are now realising that they cannot continue to sidestep the financial pressure coming from the Younger Adults cohort.

by Ralph Cook - February 28, 2019

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5 reflections on NLGN’s (excellent) Annual Conference

Yesterday I attended the New Local Government Network (NLGN) Annual Conference at the Guildhall in the City of London. The venue may have been old, but the emphasis was decisively on the new.

by David Colbear - February 27, 2019

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Challenging local authorities to promote LGBT fostering

LGBT History Month is an ideal time to reflect on a number of issues that still disproportionately affect people in the LGBT community. One area very worthy of attention is fostering.

by Samantha Jury-Dada - February 26, 2019

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How to turbocharge the commissioning cycle

To date councils have mainly focused on managing demand at the front door through strengths-based conversations with clients. While this has an impact, the extent of it may be limited unless it is accompanied by a focus on commissioning the local market in a way which promotes independence.

by Josepha Reynolds - February 21, 2019

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Primed to perform: remembering why you get out of bed in the morning and come to work

Primed to perform: remembering why you get out of bed in the…

IMPOWER’s focus on the delivery of measurable and sustainable change means we spend a lot of our time helping our clients to improve the performance of their own staff.

by Jon Ainger - February 18, 2019

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Latest DTOC data: three stats that we should worry about

The problem of DTOC has basically been addressed, but the problem of demand most certainly has not.

by John Smalley - February 15, 2019

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Social care workforce in the headlines = GOOD, politicians hiding behind Brexit = BAD

Social care workforce in the headlines = GOOD, politicians…

What social care really needs from politicians is not a Brexit response, but that they tear themselves away from Brexit long enough to tackle the bigger questions.