Children and young people who leave the care system can go on to have positive and successful lives. But far too often their life chances are disrupted because the state is not a good enough parent. TACT works with its children, young people and foster carers, and with its colleagues in the voluntary sector, local … Continue reading Call to Action – TACT’s Manifesto for Children in Care and Care Leavers 2017 – 2020
The profile of Ofsted inspection outcomes suggests that there is a need for system-wide improvement in children’s services. Understanding how best to enable and support that improvement has been the focus of research commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), which sought to answer two central questions. What are the key enablers of (and barriers to) … Continue reading Improvement in Children’s Services
SOCIAL WORKER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2017 OPEN FOR ENTRIES 28 March 2017 Individual social workers and social work teams from across England are being encouraged to enter the 2017 Social Worker of the Year Awards which are now open for entries. Entries for the awards, which have become one of the social care sector’s … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Social Work of the Year Awards 2017
On April 4th, the Lords debated the Children and Social Work Bill and passed amendments so that the Bill now includes: Provision for children in England to be placed in secure accommodation in Scotland, and children from Scotland to be placed in England Provision for relationships education in primary schools Provision for relationships and sex education … Continue reading Children and Social Work Bill
Two independent trusts designed to improve children's services at councils rated "inadequate" by Ofsted have been awarded funding from the Department for Education's innovation fund. Children's minister Edward Timpson, said: "By giving professionals the freedom to develop new and innovative ways of working, these fantastic projects will help make a real difference to children's lives. … Continue reading Childrens services trusts get share of £36m innovation cash | Children & Young People Now
A compilation of case studies and commentaries on good practice in tackling Child Sexual Exploitation is now available on the Local Government Association (LGA) website. NIROMP want to use these commentaries to help share and promote the good practice seen during Ofsted inspections. Some of the approaches are innovative and all are based on good practice. An … Continue reading Child Sexual Exploitation: Case Studies & Commentaries – LGA
Source: Children & Young People Now | By Andy McNicoll on February 17, 2017 Camden appoints social workers to posts 'modelled on the IRO role in children’s services' as part of government pilot scheme. ‘Hold the system to account’ The IRO role in children’s services was established on a statutory basis in 2004. Councils must fill it with registered … Continue reading Council trials ‘Independent Reviewing Officers’ in adult services
National IRO Managers Partnership / NIROMP Our mission is to help bring about improvements in practice and policy. Holding children at the centre of what we do through our work with and for them, we aim to lead and promote excellent care and services. Official Briefing - Children & Social Work Bill / CSWB Sharon … Continue reading NIROMP – Official Briefing – Children & Social Work Bill
By: Ewan King, 6 February 2017. Source: SCIE This post features SCIE's Ewan King blogs for the Department of Health on how mental and physical health conditions are not 'magically resolved' on a young person’s eighteenth birthday. Key messages for practice - we need to: Improve our work with young people and families early on, making sure … Continue reading Avoiding the cliff edge: making transitions work – SCIE
This project undertaken by the ISOS Partnership and commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), has sought to answer two central questions: What are the key enablers of (and barriers to) improvement in local children's services? How can the system as a whole facilitate and support improvement in local children's services? The final report sets … Continue reading Action research: Improvement in local children’s services – LGA
