Why we are Valuing Care in Stockton-on-Tees
Martin Gray is Director of Children’s Services at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has recently signed up with IMPOWER…
July 1, 2019
Insights • children's services
Time to reassess children’s mental health
Time and again over the past five years, children’s social workers have told me that the insufficiency of children and young people’s mental health support is a crippling factor preventing them getting the best outcomes.
July 1, 2019
Guest blogpost: Re-imagining value with Valuing Care – a new approach to commissioning
Our aim is to develop an understanding of value for money that is not simply a matter of cost, but a balance of cost, quality and outcomes that best serves the child’s needs.
June 20, 2019
Rising number of EHCPs doesn’t tell the whole story
It was recently reported that the number of EHCPs in England rose 33% between 2015 and 2018, but this figure doesn’t capture the whole story.
May 28, 2019
IMPOWER INDEX: NEW ‘HIGH NEEDS’ MODULE
We have released a new specialist module of the IMPOWER INDEX, which takes an in-depth look at the provision of services for pupils and students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), under the high needs funding system.
May 17, 2019
NEW REPORT: Valuing Care Impact Update
Today we are delighted to launch a short report and video highlighting the impacts of our Valuing Care programme so far.
May 7, 2019
It’s time for public services to talk about girls and gangs
The Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield announced last week that she was calling for a review into support for female gang members in each local authority area. The highlighting of women and girls involved in crime is timely.
April 29, 2019
Valuing Care should be the sector norm
Over the past few weeks, I’ve hosted three sessions for directors, practitioners and commissioners from five councils to share with each other how they are making the most of the Valuing Care approach. Here are three of my reflections.
April 26, 2019
Introducing our Valuing Independence and Valuing Children Campaigns
IMPOWER exists to increase the quality of people’s lives by making meaningful and measurable improvements to local public services. Drawing on 20 years of insight and impact, we have introduced two new campaigns with ambitious goals to help us align our purpose with our work in adult social care and children’s services.
April 23, 2019
