by Dominic Luscombe | Dec 8, 2023 | Being IMPOWER, Children's social care, Education and inclusion
Find out who I’ve nominated as my hero this year… Kate is an incredible public sector leader who has worked tirelessly to improve outcomes for children and young people in Norfolk and to achieve the recent ‘Good’ Ofsted rating. As part of this, she has...
by Dominic Luscombe | Oct 25, 2023 | Being IMPOWER, Children's social care, Local government transformation
IMPOWER hosted a shared learning event focussed on how system leaders, practitioners and commissioners can collaborate to better meet the needs of children and families requiring support from Children’s Services. On 25th September, IMPOWER hosted a shared learning...
by Dominic Luscombe | Feb 3, 2023 | Children's social care
The government’s children’s social care strategy has sparked a range of views and responses from the sector, and there are some emerging areas of consensus. Yesterday the government’s children’s social care strategy was published in response to the recent independent...
by Dominic Luscombe | Jan 11, 2023 | Children's social care
Reflections from four county councils who joined our recent shared learning event On Monday we hosted a virtual shared learning event chaired by Kate Dexter, Assistant Director for Children’s Social Care at Norfolk County Council. We were delighted that four county...
by Dominic Luscombe | Dec 23, 2022 | Being IMPOWER, Children's social care
Find out who has inspired me this year…. Our final Heroes of 2022 goes to Richard Ayres, who has been a foster carer for over six years with Lincolnshire County Council. Richard was born in Market Harborough, grew up and worked in and around London, and has...
