![]() ![]() The Review recommends several key elements that are discussed throughout the report: Relationships Protect programme The Government’s response also committed to funding for family hubs, social workers in schools and designated safeguarding lead supervision programmes. Developing a national children’s social care framework which will set direction for the system and point everyone to the best available evidence to support families and protect children.Establishing a new Digital and Data Solutions Fund to help local authorities improve delivery for children and families through technology.Joining up data from across the public sector to increase transparency – both between safeguarding partners and to the wider public (more detail will be set out later this year).Reframing and refocusing the support social workers receive in the early part of their careers, particularly to enhance their skills and knowledge in child protection.Work with local authorities to boost efforts to recruit more foster carers, including pathfinder local recruitment campaigns and providing more support throughout the foster carer application process.Establishing a National Implementation Board of sector experts, people with experience of leading transformational change and with experience of the care system.The Government’s initial response committed to: And the third is to ensure that there are the right placements for children in the right places, so that those who cannot stay with their parents grow up in a safe, stable and loving home. The second is to support families to care for their children, so that they can have safe, loving and happy childhoods which set them up for fulfilling lives.ģ. The first is to improve the child protection system so that it keeps children safe from harm as effectively as possible.Ģ. Minister Quince outlined three priorities to improve children’s social care:ġ. The Government has outlined an initial response to the Care Review in which the Secretary of State for Education, Nadhim Zahawi MP, said “this is the start of a journey to change the culture and dramatically reform the children’s social care system.” In his oral statement to Parliament, the Minister for Children and Families, Will Quince MP, committed to “an ambitious and detailed Government response and implementation strategy” by the end of 2022. Initial government responseĪs this is an independent, rather than government, review, the Government has provided an initial response now and will be developing its more detailed response over the coming months, including which recommendations it wishes to take forward. We are keen to work with the Government to build and deliver an ambitious plan for implementation that will see longstanding improvements to services, while also tackling those issues that are increasingly risking the ability of councils to support children. In particular, we have significant concerns around placements for children in care who have the most complex needs, placements for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and workforce capacity. While we welcome many of the recommendations in this report, there are some issues that cannot wait for delivery. Furthermore, where possible we believe that local decision-making and strong local relationships are vital as far as possible. Many councils are already working collaboratively and seeing positive results, yet note that they are still unable to have significant influence over the largest private providers. While there is a clear argument for working collaboratively to provide specialist placements, and more strategic issues such as market shaping, we are not convinced that RCCs will deliver the changes that we need to see in the care ‘market’. We have concerns around recommendations for Regional Care Cooperatives. The recommendations within the report will require significant funding to deliver and we urge the Government to provide the investment needed to reform services swiftly. This report reflects many issues that councils have been raising for some time – including the need to invest further in early help for children and families, better support for kinship carers and making sure that we have the right homes for children in care, as well as ensuring better futures for those leaving care. It is positive that this report not only recognises that councils are best placed to do that, but recognises and builds on much of the excellent practice already taking place while offering recommendations to tackle some of our most significant challenges. Ĭouncils want to do all they can to keep children and young people safe and to help them to thrive. The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care was announced in January 2021 and published on.
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