Working Together to Safeguard Children: An important consultation
+++ Note this consultation closes on 6th September so don’t delay ++ A strong sense of despair and hopelessness comes over me whenever I am asked to respond to (yet …
Category: Social care
Can you legislate for love? The Government’s plans for children’s social care aims to
Ambitiously titled “Children’s social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love” the Department for Education has published its response and an implementation strategy after Josh McAlister’s review of Children’s Social Care and two …
What’s in the Children’s social care review for disabled children?
Children who are looked after by the state (CLA) are undeniably among the most vulnerable in the country, and those who are both looked after and have SEND (a large …
Urgent change is needed to stop the institutional culture of parent-carer blaming
and Dr Ana Laura Aiello Disabled children and their families are one of the world’s most severely disadvantaged groups and the UK is no exception. Why should this be – …
Children’s Social Care Review: Are disabled children ‘someone else’s’ problem?
“It’s not the despair. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.” This line from the film ‘Clockwise’ regularly runs through my mind when contemplating government reviews …
Why does Josh’s review seem to think disabled children are “Not Known to Social Care”?
From what I can see, the independent review of children’s social care doesn’t seem to be much interested in finding out about the experiences of disabled children and their families outside the …
Can you help Josh fix children’s social care? His review is calling for your advice
Last month, the long-awaited review of children’s social care was launched. It is being led by ‘social entrepreneur’, Josh McAlister, the founder and chief executive of the charity, Frontline, a …