This is a story about the Care Review Stories do not exist in isolation, they are always part of a larger shared story. Stories when part of an organisation link together,…
Main points from House of Commons Reform of social care debate 02 02 23 12.11pm – 12.55pm Reform of Children’s Social Care - Hansard - UK Parliament Helen Hayes Shadow…
One study concludes, ‘A failure to acknowledge and address the socioeconomic determinants of child maltreatment raises doubts about the appropriateness of any restructuring of public services’. Policies which tackle the…
The Care Review experts group advised steady change, as would be expected in previous times by a Conservative government. Systems change is best achieved when small scale, incremental, targeted. Better…
How do we understand Commissioning? How do we know when it is happening? How do we assess its significance? If children’s commissioning is not social engineering, then what is it?…
There is no flexibility provided by these standards, an ambition declared in the proposals, that is not possible under the existing regulations for children’s homes. The children’s homes regulations should…
There is a high demand for residential resources. High level complex needs require an equivalent response. We need opportunity to discuss the Care Review inclination towards the resilience of the…
There has been no opportunity for consideration of the Care Review proposals. Closely managed communication and crafted responses have been the hallmark of the Care Review. There is an absence…
In this reflection NCERCC seeks to find explores connections with a life lived with meaning and purpose. We heard it in a eulogy, amongst other words. Constancy was repeated. It…
Was it this year? Last year? Year before? The answer is at foot of this blog What characterises an efficient market for children’s homes? A well-functioning, efficient market has the…