New Data Strategy and Children’s Social Care reform strategy – opportunity to widen the ambition through a focus on children’s needs?

New Data Strategy and Children’s Social Care reform strategy – opportunity to widen the ambition through a focus on children’s needs?

by | Dec 19, 2023 | Children's social care, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies

For the first time, this data provides an in-depth picture and breakdown of the needs of England’s care population, the connection with cost, and the impact of care on children and young people over time. On Friday DfE published an update on its Children’s Social Care...
Valuing Care – joint report with CCN

Valuing Care – joint report with CCN

by | Dec 7, 2023

Foreword Earlier this year the government set out its eagerly anticipated children’s social care reform agenda Stable Homes, Built on Love. This strategy, and the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care that preceded it, recognises that the system requires...
Riding the waves: Strengthening council resilience

Riding the waves: Strengthening council resilience

by | Jul 29, 2021

“It is our belief that resilience can be deliberately invested in, and that the choice to do so is down to local leaders.” JON AINGER ‘Personal’ resilience has become an increasingly popular topic as a collection of apps, courses, training, wellness articles and...