Why the Children's Social Care review - Needs you!
Daniel Croft MBE
As CEO of Key Assets Europe and Vice Chair of the Martin James Foundation, I lead global teams to enhance outcomes for children and families. Let's collaborate for positive change.
"We cannot afford to lose a once in a generation opportunity to help inspire such a positive change to children's lives."
We now have the official launch of the children's social care review headed up by Frontline's ex CEO Josh MacAlister, this truly is a once in a generation opportunity to reform systems and services, to implement major challenges and inconsistencies in practice as well as outcomes for children.
We need to play our part
I've seen multiple posts and comments in recent days questioning the appointment of Josh MacAlister and the potential outcome of this review, essentially before it has even started. I just don't think we have the luxury to sit and bemoan the situation, many of you may have seen the blog written by Martin James foundations new CEO Dr Justin Rogers about the growing use of unregulated accommodation for children in care, in answer to Anne Longfield's (the children’s commissioner for England) article in the Guardian in recent weeks and ultimately this shows we are in a situation whereas we cannot dwell. We must move together as one into an environment for positive change.
Foster carers are pivotal to this review and to positive change within the sector
Foster Carers are experts by experience, no other party has the breadth or wealth of knowledge that foster carers do in this scenario, and I implore you all to sign up to be part of the experts by experience group.
By working together we can create a huge change for good within this review.
I'm supporting Mr MacAlister and this review by signing up to the experts by experience group, growing up in a family that fostered and later working within social care for 20 years (and counting) I want to give my view's, thoughts and ideas to push forward and give this the review the best possible chance at being able to 'Listen deeply and think boldly'.
Contributing to the review
Children and families with past or present experience of the children’s social care system can contribute by joining the Experts by experience group here.
https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/independent-review-of-childrens-social-care
*applications close on 5th February 2021.
Want to find out more about the review? Check out FosterTalks blog about the independent review and its history here
Associated Links
https://martinjames.foundation/
If you are unsure about how you can contribute but want to find out more you can call *Fosterline for guidance on all Fostering matters on 0800 040 7675 or visit https://www.fosterline.info/ equally if you are a FosterTalk member you can contact us on 0121 758 5013 or visit https://www.fostertalk.org/ to find out more about what we do.
*Fosterline is the designated support line for Foster Carers in England as delivered by the DfE and therefore ? Fosterline 2019 is a trademark registered to the Department for Education.
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3 年This is great thank you. I have already submitted my thoughts.