"Rethinking Children’s Services Fit for the Future?" Worth making time to read this excellent collection of essays, exploring new perspectives on how to do better for children and families across the country in the context of increased demand and reduced funding. The report published by Catch22 and the National Children’s Bureau (NCB).‘Rethinking Children’s Services: Fit … Continue reading How to do better for children and families across the country
Welcome news: Alison O’Sullivan has been appointed to co-chair an expert group to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems. Alison was formerly the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and has been a strong voice of support for looked-after children and care leavers. Read more via Children & … Continue reading Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care
The Education Committee's report has been released today. Young people are being turned away by mental health services and looked-after children face significant challenges in getting access to mental health support. The report notes that child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are turning away vulnerable young people in care because they have not met the … Continue reading Vulnerable looked-after children turned away from mental health treatment
Nice blog by Karen Reeve, Interim Director of Children's Services, Swindon Council sourced via the ADCS website. The following extract draws attention to the important role of fathers and we've added relevant publications to the foot of this post. Extract from Karen's blog: One of the most poignant and perhaps impactful contributions of the day came from a young … Continue reading Fathers: seen but not heard?
Dave Hill has used his inaugural speech as the new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services to promise closer co-operation with adult service directors. “There remains effectively an underclass of families often repeating intergenerational cycles of deprivation, lack of opportunity and poor outcomes and we need to focus harder and do better,” he … Continue reading ADCS president aims to improve public image of care and end ‘formulaic’ social work
Like this: The Relationships Matter Collective The Relationships Matter Collective has been facilitated by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss ) and is a project definitely worth visiting via their terrific website. Learn more: Visit Iriss: here Visit the Relationships Matter website: here Read the story, which includes helpful links to various … Continue reading Relationships Matter
Applications for care orders have hit a record high for the month of March. Statistics released by Cafcass show 12,741 care applications involving 21,666 children submitted between April 2015 and March 2016. It represents a 14% increase on the 11,159 applications for 19,420 children made in 2014/15. In March 2016, Cafcass received 1,221 care applications – up 14% … Continue reading New care applications at an all-time high for the month of March
Published by SCIE: March 2016 | Free to use | Learning Management System compatible This resource provided by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) explores the Mental Capacity Act 2005, including best interests decision-making, and how to support people to make their own decisions. Course modules Introducing the Mental Capacity Act Supporting people to … Continue reading Mental Capacity Act (MCA): e-Learning course
Social care’s relationship with adolescents is in the limelight. Issues facing children in care and care leavers are unique and areas the government wants to prioritise. The Department for Education has expressed a particular interest in providing a consistent approach to support across adolescence in care and leaving care. It wants to fund new ways of … Continue reading What do the government’s innovation plans tell us about the future of children’s services?
Thanks wearefamily for sharing this great piece: "You don’t love me anymore" Extract Social workers are just people doing a job and of course like all of us they are sometimes less than perfect; however they are dealing with people’s lives so even simple mistakes can be emotionally wounding. We became very aware of this through … Continue reading “Even simple mistakes can be emotionally wounding …”
