Regional Care Co-operatives
When I was a small child in the late 50’s and early 60’s the Co-op was a big deal. Properly the Co-op was an abbreviation for the Co-operative Wholesale Society…
The ‘I’s have it The I’s have it – ‘I’ messages and the Care Review – how to take a response ‘To infinity and beyond!’
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,…
Government response to Care Review House of Commons 02-02-2023
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…
Recent research suggests delaying decision about Care Review necessary
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…
Care Review – the risks of too much too quick
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…
Regional Care Co-operatives are not the future of children’s commissioning
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?…
Proposed DfE standards for Supported Accommodation inherently unsafe
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…
Care Review failing to provide Resilience for Residential Child Care
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…
Care Review absence of critique has brought collaboration not consensus (+ Power Point download)
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…
Constancy – a Residential Child Care reflection on the Queen
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…