by Joanne Hewson | Sep 2, 2020 | Children's social care, Education and inclusion
The council’s Deputy Chief Executive reflects on working with IMPOWER. Joanne Hewson is Deputy Chief Executive of North East Lincolnshire council My vision was to bring together the different elements of children’s services which had previously worked in siloes to...
by Leo Jones | Jul 23, 2020 | Education and inclusion
Working with people across the High Needs system, we have set 10 system ambitions to drive effective support in High Needs This article appears on page 13 of today’s MJ (print edition and ebook) The crisis facing the High Needs system – which supports children...
by Leo Jones | Jun 16, 2020 | Education and inclusion
As uncertainty continues over when and how children will fully return to the classroom, system ambitions must be set to support children with SEND. Uncertainty continues over when and how children will fully return to the classroom, as school leaders wrestle with how...
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...
by Heather Sandy | Jun 2, 2020 | Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
Heather Sandy is the Director of Children’s Services for Lincolnshire County Council. IMPOWER have been supporting the council in relation to SEND since July 2019. Like all local authorities, Lincolnshire has been working hard to implement the SEND reforms and deliver...
by IMPOWER | Apr 16, 2020 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation, Place
A summary of online COVID-19 guidance relevant to public services [updated 16 April] We have compiled online COVID-19 guidance into a summary document, and will update this document as and when new guidance is released. In addition to general COVID-19 website links...
