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...
Foreword Since the publication of the ‘Age of Intermediate Care’ report in 2021, much has happened to change the landscape. The shifting sands of increased demand and complexity of need, financial hardship, and a global pandemic with its consequences, have each...
High Hopes for High Needs Programme Impact Report 2023 The High Needs Delivery Advisory Board was established to keep the focus of this programme squarely on the frontline difference it is making with and for families and professionals. It is important to all of us...
Foreword Since joining IMPOWER nearly a year ago, I have been delighted and impressed by the level of expertise and passion amongst our teams, and the impact they achieve consistently in partnership with our clients. The stories and case studies that I have seen and...
“We use Valuing Care to engage care providers to ensure that our approach to finding homes for children is driven by their needs and strengths, rather than their risks and deficits, which is demonstrably improving our sufficiency challenges and reducing some of...