The central question facing children’s commissioning: how can a group in an interdependent situation organise and govern themselves to obtain continuing joint benefits when all face temptations to free-ride, shirk,…
Following the Jeremy Hunt amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill the following motion is needed Strengthening workforce planning in children’s social care placements A duty on the Secretary…
Evaluation Responses to most enquiries show the guidance is under development with responsibility passed to providers, to be clarified by events and through inspection. Responses to 2 enquiries are drawn…
A welcome change in ADCS analysis, stance and strategy – and now councillors too. Comment on DfE children looked after statistics | ADCS The ADCS media release of 19 11…
As part of its information service regarding RCC NCERCC undertook to ask the following questions, and any others that may be forthcoming, on behalf of providers and the wider social…
The social work/care world is full of urgent looking at ‘big’ things. Daily something happens or changes. The Care Review and the discussions about it are increasingly about the organisation,…
Our great thanks to those who have been in contact. The series of documents NCERCC has posted are receiving great support from all sectors and across the range of roles…
#5 in the series re Ofsted guidance Registering a multi-building children’s home Raising issues with the Ofsted guidance Registering a multi-building children’s home. This document is connecting people together. Knowing…
Response to CMA re interim report Specialist and generalist needs require different commissioning/procurement approaches and methodology. See also As local as possible and as specialist as necessary – rethinking high…
In a Research in Practice blog (see below) Prof Rick Hood writes: "... a 10% increase in an area’s deprivation was associated with a 62% increase in a child’s chances of…