The cultural context of the Care Review – Barbie or Oppenheimer? Barbenheimer?
Let’s not be tribal. Let’s take time to process the Care Review “A set of national conditions for success needs to be in place before can even think about implementing…
Joined-up policy – whatever happened to that idea? Time to reframe and return.
This statement is the most important for us today. “A set of national conditions for success needs to be in place before can even think about implementing reforms” John Pearce,…
NEW NECESSARY ACTION – Missing Protocol in the event of Care going missing; whereabouts unknown.
Introduction to children’s homes: a children’s social care guide to registration April 2018 Click here. Appendix A sets out the difference between Care and Support. Introduction to children’s homes Updated…
Was anyone expecting ‘Care’ to be removed from the lexicon of children’s services? If you didn’t think it could happen read on …
In the discussions over the Care Review or Supported Accommodation for Care as a concept to be removed from the lexicon of children’s services. But this is what has happened…
A group of managers of children’s homes are meeting, seated in a circle…
One of them is talking, the others are listening attentively. No-one has their phone to hand. There is a quality of the room of this being the only place in…
The Urgent Need to Develop Social Partnership for Children’s Care in England
Social Partnership is particularly common in smaller European countries which have no option but to develop strong internal coordination if they are to remain competitive in a world economy dominated…
“We must ensure this never happens again” – an open letter to all of us.
An open letter to whom it may concern, which is all of us, in any way at all involved with Children Looked After This is no time for finger pointing,…
Why is a children’s home like a bee?
Because there are many types for many circumstances. ‘A bee’ is a vague way of describing the 270 different bees named in the Field Guide of Bees of Great Britain…
Coronation learning for children’s commissioning?
The coronation brought with it discussion about the form of sovereignty, a monarchy or a republic? They are different ways of governing. How you see it determines how you arrive…
A care system built on Recognition – New South Wales shows need for rethink of the English Care Review
Reference link Agenda for Change: Ensuring a safe and supportive out-of-home care system for children and young people in New South Wales It is a ‘call for critical actions’. With…