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NCASC 2022 | Three takeaways for Children’s Social Care

NCASC 2022 | Three takeaways for Children’s Social Care

by Dominic Luscombe | Nov 14, 2022 | Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health

At the conference there were some impressive examples of courageous local leadership, and some clear reasons to be hopeful. My colleagues and I recently joined system leaders within adults and children’s services for the annual National Children’s and Adult Services...

Independent Review of Children’s Social Care – 5 reflections

by Dominic Luscombe | May 26, 2022 | Children's social care

I reflect on this ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to reform the system. Few would disagree with the diagnosis of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care published on Monday – the current system is failing too many children and a radical reset is required....

SEND and Covid: challenges and opportunities

by Dominic Luscombe | Jun 16, 2020 | Education and inclusion

3 key recommendations for responding to the challenge and opportunities which the crisis has presented for SEND Our work with local authorities covers a wide variety of the challenges and opportunities emerging from the Covid crisis. A common theme has been how the...
3 key themes from our first Valuing SEND Shared Learning Event

3 key themes from our first Valuing SEND Shared Learning Event

by Dominic Luscombe | Feb 6, 2020 | Education and inclusion

Our recent Shared Learning Event discussed the pioneering role of Valuing SEND in achieving a more inclusive and financially sustainable SEND system. On Tuesday we were delighted to host more than 35 attendees from 12 local authorities at our first Shared Learning...
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