An existential risk is posed to Residential Child Care by the Care Review. Context – considerations of the Care Review Case for Change On page 62 the Case for Change…
Overall It is no more than a collating together of things already known and being worked on now. It is difficult to see how it will assist. It may even,…
Case for Change – a NCERCC abbreviated version (original = 103 pages – NCERCC = 15) An interpretation of the evidence Asks for ideas, views and further evidence More engagement…
The Care Review terms of reference has not yet been challenged by its leader, Josh MacAllister. One of the opportunities for him is to join social work/care sector in a…
Values and principles inform what we do and how we do it. A set of values and principles underpin the Quality Standards for Children's Homes. (You can find them in…
An inclusive view of families appreciates ‘some children, sometimes, for some reasons need something more and different. Gavin Williamson asked in his speech to the Centre for Social Justice, ‘What…
The title of this blog is the first principle in the statutory guidance the Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations including the Quality Standards[1]. As statutory guidance it must be…
The reasons for the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins needs to be heard loudly by the Care Review as it comes to publish its ‘Case for Change’. Sir Kevan, the…
At some time in life every person has need of dependency. If dependency is unseen it is not given a value. Dependency relies on care being present. Placing care front…
We have an archipelago of care, island exist and are strong, but surrounded by water, connected underwater to other islands, and always subject to flooding and being washed away. Care…