It has become clear that there is very limited information for or about LGBTQI young people in care. There is an ad hoc, react as we go approach across many local authorities, care agencies, foster carers, social workers and health professionals. Some may be doing excellent work but it has been hard to identify that … Continue reading #LGBT youth in care resources
Source: Ā National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP).Ā Published on:Ā 9th February 2019 NIROMP's draft Strategic PrioritiesĀ Ā is now out for public consultation. The consultation is open until 28 February 2019. The NIROMP regional leads approved publication of the Draft Strategic Priorities & Vision 2019-2022 documentĀ at a meeting held at the Department for Education on 28th January.Ā The draft plan has … Continue reading NIROMP Strategic Priorities and Vision 2019-22 out for consultation
Reflections from the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers on his findings from his visits to local authorities in his first year in post. Published 14 December 2018. From:Ā Department for Education Details A report based on Mark Riddellās visits to local authorities in his role as the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers. This follows … Continue reading National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers: first year report
Extract Local authorities in England have statutory responsibility for protecting the welfare of children and delivering childrenās social care. In extreme cases they may use their statutory powers to place children in need on protection plans or even take them into care. Local authorities are also responsible for delivering non-statutory services for all children and … Continue reading Pressures on childrenās social care | National Audit Office
At Derby City Council we are testing a new innovative way of working with young people 16+ to support them improve their life pathway ā āto get a life not a serviceā. Ā This involves testing an already established and successful approach within our adult social care system locally, to understand its transferability across the rest … Continue reading Derby City Council: working with young people to support them āto get a life not a serviceā | DfE
A new briefing note produced by theĀ Contextual Safeguarding NetworkĀ at theĀ University of Bedfordshire, with Research in Practice andĀ Rochdale Borough Council, outlines what is meant by the terms ācomplex safeguardingā, ācontextual safeguardingā and ātransitional safeguardingā and how these approaches overlap and complement each other. Read full piece at source: Research in Practice | New open access briefing … Continue reading Research in Practice | New open access briefing on the relationship between contextual, complex and transitional safeguarding
Ray Jones, social work academic and former director of social services in Wiltshire, has been nothing short of vocal about his concerns surrounding the increasing involvement of private companies in the delivery of social work and social care. Many share his view ā almost 72,000 people signed three petitions in 2014 opposing government proposals to … Continue reading Ray Jones: āIf councils lose accountability for childrenās services then families will lose the help they needā
Severe funding shortages for social services that protect vulnerable children have pushed nearly nine in 10 councils into the red, new analysis by the LGA reveals today, prompting warnings that funding for childrenās care is now in a country-wide crisis. New figures show that a total of 133 out of 152 councils (88 per cent) … Continue reading Children’s care cash crisis: nine in 10 councils pushed into the red | LGA
It only takes a few minutes in Sir Alan Woodās company before his reputation for plain speaking shows itself to be accurate. The chair of the childrenās social care What Works Centre, who has been in post since early summer, begins advancing an argument that his new organisationās role shouldnāt extend to driving reform. āItās … Continue reading āSocial work isnāt falling to bits āĀ it has some deep challenges to which we can provide remediesā | Community Care
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