by Alex Fox | Mar 7, 2024 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
We often create services intended for everyone, but then find that they don’t work for everyone. They may exclude or poorly serve those with specific needs or barriers to accessing them. So we develop specialist services, for example, to support people with learning...
by Samantha Woodcock | Dec 19, 2023 | Being IMPOWER, Education and inclusion
Find out who I’ve nominated as my heroes this year… Specialist Education Services (SES) in Suffolk work tirelessly to keep children and young people with SEND or other needs in suitable education, no matter their circumstances. This early intervention...
by Alastair Thompson | Dec 14, 2023 | Being IMPOWER, Education and inclusion
Find out who I’ve nominated as my hero this year… Nominated by Alastair Thompson (Director) and Alex Brookes (Delivery Director) at IMPOWER As Derby City Council’s former Director of Learning, Skills and Education (and now independent consultant)...
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 Alastair Thompson | Dec 4, 2023 | Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
The annual programme report highlights how we work with parents, councils, education settings and many other people to deliver frontline change that makes a practical and positive difference to the lives of children and young people with different needs. What a...
by Jeremy Cooper | Nov 27, 2023 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation
As lead sponsor for the event, find out what we are doing at this year’s National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC). It’s that time of the year again; time for the largest gathering of social care leaders at the National Children and Adult Services...
