This statement of knowledge and skills provides the basis for the national assessment and accreditation system for practice leaders in child and family social work. Practice leaders are qualified social workers responsible for making sure the whole local system for child and family social work practice operates correctly and overseeing child and family front-line practitioners and practice supervisors. The statement summarises the knowledge and skills they should have across six areas: leading and governing excellent practice, creating a context for excellent practice, designing a system to support effective practice, developing excellent practitioners, supporting effective decision making, and quality assurance and improvement.
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This statement of knowledge and skills provides the basis for the national assessment and accreditation system for practice leaders in child and family social work. Practice leaders are qualified social workers responsible for making sure the whole local system for child and family social work practice operates correctly and overseeing child and family front-line practitioners and practice supervisors. The statement summarises the knowledge and skills they should have across six areas: leading and governing excellent practice, creating a context for excellent practice, designing a system to support effective practice, developing excellent practitioners, supporting effective decision making, and quality assurance and improvement.
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Subject terms:
leadership, childrens social care, social workers, social work, skills, managers, child protection, professional role, standards;
Sets out the government’s reform programme for children’s social care in England over the next five years. This is based on reforms structured around the 'three pillars' of: people and leadership – which focuses on bringing the best people into the profession, giving them the right knowledge and skills and developing leaders equipped to nurture practice excellence; practice and systems – creating
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Sets out the government’s reform programme for children’s social care in England over the next five years. This is based on reforms structured around the 'three pillars' of: people and leadership – which focuses on bringing the best people into the profession, giving them the right knowledge and skills and developing leaders equipped to nurture practice excellence; practice and systems – creating the right environment for excellent practice and innovation to flourish, and learning from what works; governance and accountability – making sure that policy and practice is working and developing innovative new organisational models. The document outlines government plans in these three areas, which include: an accredited practice leader in every local authority; an expansion of the Step Up and Frontline programmes; an expansion of the Innovation Programme; the launch of a What Works Centre for children’s social care’; a new Partners in Practice programme to work with leading local authorities; a new national framework for inquiries into cases of serious harm to children; a review of the role of the local authority in relation to children; introducing more robust, flexible and proportionate inspection arrangements; introducing a stronger statutory framework for multi-agency safeguarding arrangements; and intervening decisively in cases of failure. The final chapter sets out how the reforms will change and improve the real-life experiences of children and families in relation to child protection, foster care, residential care and empowering carers.
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Subject terms:
childrens social care, government policy, leadership, social work, social work education, care reform, inspection, professional role, child protection, good practice;
Sets out the Government’s vision to reform the children’s social care system. Reforms will be structured around three areas: people and leadership – bringing the best people into the profession, providing them with the right knowledge and skills and developing leaders equipped to nurture practice excellence; practice and systems – creating the right environment for excellent practice
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Sets out the Government’s vision to reform the children’s social care system. Reforms will be structured around three areas: people and leadership – bringing the best people into the profession, providing them with the right knowledge and skills and developing leaders equipped to nurture practice excellence; practice and systems – creating the right environment for excellent practice and innovation to flourish; and governance and accountability – making sure that policy and practice is working, using data to show strengths and weaknesses in the system, and developing innovative new organisational models. The document outlines plans to: expand the Frontline and Step Up programmes to bring more excellent practitioners in via work based graduate training, and expand Teaching Partnerships between universities and employers to ensure students are properly prepared for the social work task; roll out a national system of assessment and accreditation to guarantee the practice skill of every practitioner, at every level of seniority; and set up a new regulatory body for social work – with a focus on raising the quality of social work, education, training and practice in both children’s and adult’s social work.
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Subject terms:
social work, social work education, regulation, professional role, professional registration, government policy, leadership, care reform, childrens social care, social care provision;
Summarises responses to the government consultation on new draft statements of knowledge and skills for practice supervisors and practice leaders in child and family social work and outlines the Government response. The statements will be used to develop a national assessment and accreditation system for child and family social workers, focused on practice. A total of 85 responses were received to the formal consultation. The document summarises the major issues raised in the consultation and the changes made to the statements.
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Summarises responses to the government consultation on new draft statements of knowledge and skills for practice supervisors and practice leaders in child and family social work and outlines the Government response. The statements will be used to develop a national assessment and accreditation system for child and family social workers, focused on practice. A total of 85 responses were received to the formal consultation. The document summarises the major issues raised in the consultation and the changes made to the statements.
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Subject terms:
social workers, skills, staff supervision, leadership, childrens social care, family support, good practice, standards;
This consultation seeks views on new draft statements of knowledge and skills for practice supervisors of child and family social workers and for practice leaders of child and family social work. The statements will be used together with the previously-published knowledge and skills for approved child and family practitioners, to develop a national assessment and accreditation system for child and family social workers, focused on practice. The statements were informed by discussions with focus groups, user groups and individual practitioners, supervisors and leaders. The consultation closes on 1 September 2015.
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This consultation seeks views on new draft statements of knowledge and skills for practice supervisors of child and family social workers and for practice leaders of child and family social work. The statements will be used together with the previously-published knowledge and skills for approved child and family practitioners, to develop a national assessment and accreditation system for child and family social workers, focused on practice. The statements were informed by discussions with focus groups, user groups and individual practitioners, supervisors and leaders. The consultation closes on 1 September 2015.
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Subject terms:
childrens social care, family support, social workers, skills, standards, good practice, leadership, staff supervision;
...and how this relates to government expectations about local authorities' role in education and children and young people's services. It also sets out roles and responsibilities of the post holders, including leadership and partnership, safeguarding, vulnerable children and young people, fair access to services, and educational excellence.
The Children Act 2004 requires local authorities in England with responsibility for education and children's social services functions to appoint a Director of Children's Services and to designate a Lead Member (a local councillor) for Children's Services. This statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education covers the legislative basis and requirements for the appointments and how this relates to government expectations about local authorities' role in education and children and young people's services. It also sets out roles and responsibilities of the post holders, including leadership and partnership, safeguarding, vulnerable children and young people, fair access to services, and educational excellence.
Subject terms:
leadership, local authorities, young people, child protection, children, childrens social care, directors of childrens services, education, government policy;
...and an analysis of key performance indicators. The report finds that the Trust has made improvements from a low base and children are safer than they were, however the overall quality of social work practice remains inconsistent. The Trust model itself was seen to add value in Slough by providing: a catalyst for change and a break from the past; strong leadership of children’s services; and independence
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The findings from the implementation evaluation of Slough Children’s Services Trust, which was conducted between April 2016 and January 2018. The evaluation explored the journey of change of children’s social care in Slough and provides early evidence of the impact of the Trust’s work, which was set up to improve children’s social care services in Slough following Ofsted inadequate ratings in 2011 and 2013. The evaluation explored: how services are managed and organised; the quality of services for children, young people and families; staff morale, satisfaction, recruitment, retention and the quality of the workforce; and partner relationships, business support and infrastructure. It involved a longitudinal, mixed method approach which included qualitative interviews and surveys, and an analysis of key performance indicators. The report finds that the Trust has made improvements from a low base and children are safer than they were, however the overall quality of social work practice remains inconsistent. The Trust model itself was seen to add value in Slough by providing: a catalyst for change and a break from the past; strong leadership of children’s services; and independence and a single focus on children.
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Subject terms:
evaluation, change management, childrens social care, quality improvement, models, organisational culture, leadership, performance management, joint working, interagency cooperation, staff, staff development, local authorities;
SPRING CONSORTIUM, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
Publisher:
Spring Consortium
Publication year:
2017
Pagination:
1
Looks at what it takes for innovation to flourish in children’s social care, focusing on the key enablers of change at both the local and national level. These include: focusing practice on strong relationships and shared decision-making – balancing safe placements with supportive and secure relationships and develop personalised interventions and solution; changing culture to create an enabling environment for professionals – including supporting integrated, interdisciplinary and cross-agency teams and adopting evidence-based practice across the whole workforce; leading and governing in partnership with a shared, practical vision – and translating this into governance, structures, partnerships; and changing whole systems to enable new approaches to embed and scale – designing new models of commissioning, funding and delivery and balancing fidelity and flexibility at scale. The document includes examples of partnership working, commissioning and delivery models, and approaches to learning together.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Looks at what it takes for innovation to flourish in children’s social care, focusing on the key enablers of change at both the local and national level. These include: focusing practice on strong relationships and shared decision-making – balancing safe placements with supportive and secure relationships and develop personalised interventions and solution; changing culture to create an enabling environment for professionals – including supporting integrated, interdisciplinary and cross-agency teams and adopting evidence-based practice across the whole workforce; leading and governing in partnership with a shared, practical vision – and translating this into governance, structures, partnerships; and changing whole systems to enable new approaches to embed and scale – designing new models of commissioning, funding and delivery and balancing fidelity and flexibility at scale. The document includes examples of partnership working, commissioning and delivery models, and approaches to learning together.
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Subject terms:
innovation, children, childrens social care, social care, service development, case studies, good practice, organisational culture, multidisciplinary teams, interagency cooperation, leadership, joint working, commissioning;
Sets out actions the government will take in response to the recommendations in Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care. The government responses are organised into nine themes: People and leadership - the children’s home and social work workforce, fostering and managing the behaviour of children in residential care; Practice and systems - the over-criminalisation...
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Sets out actions the government will take in response to the recommendations in Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care. The government responses are organised into nine themes: People and leadership - the children’s home and social work workforce, fostering and managing the behaviour of children in residential care; Practice and systems - the over-criminalisation of children in residential care, the provision of secure children’s home accommodation, the experience of leaving care from a children’s home; Governance and accountability - leadership of the residential care sector, the commissioning of residential care, and accountability and regulation. Specific actions included: setting up a Residential Care Leadership Board; issuing advice and guidance on restraint, piloting variations of Staying Close for those leaving residential care; undertaking a national stocktake of foster care, and encouraging local authorities and other partners to come together to develop new and better commissioning arrangements for residential care placements.
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Subject terms:
government policy, residential child care, looked after children, qualifications, commissioning, leaving care, secure accommodation, foster care, restraint, leadership, regulation;