Shining a light Volume 3: Are we valuing care?

Introduction

This is our third collection of children’s services essays. This edition is themed around a single, topical question for the sector: are we valuing care?

The essayists in this collection are:

• Harvey Gallagher, Chief Executive, Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers
• Colin Green, independent consultant
• Ebony Hughes, Assistant Director, IMPOWER
• Marion Ingram, Operations Director for Specialist Services at Hertfordshire County Council
• Steve Kay, Director of Children and Families, North East Lincolnshire Council
• Mark Owers, independent children’s services adviser