by Libby Caulfield | Sep 22, 2022 | Education and inclusion
Collaboration leads to innovation – how problem solving can be applied across multiple (often unrelated) services areas At IMPOWER our projects cover a range of disciplines, including: children’s services, adult social care, health, place and climate change. An...
by Phil Watson | Aug 8, 2022 | Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
Many have welcomed an approach which puts the emphasis on their needs, strengths and aspirations in the ‘here and now’ rather than professional discussion of their ‘case history’. Back in 2018 we recognised the need for a different approach to meeting the needs of our...
by Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE | Aug 3, 2022 | Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
Guest blogpost from Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE, Director of Learning, Inclusion and Skills, Derby City Council Last week I was pleased to be asked to share Derby’s journey in relation to Early Intervention in SEND, at an IMPOWER Shared Learning Event. Over the last...
by Samantha Woodcock | Aug 2, 2022 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation
To successfully move to a non-profit model in children’s placements, we need to focus on outcomes. In a report published earlier this year, the Competition and Markets Authority highlighted that there had been a rise in the costs of placements of 29% from 2016 to...
by Jenny Coles | Jul 28, 2022 | Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
Reflections from IMPOWER’s Shared Learning Event which I recently chaired. Guest blogpost written by Jenny Coles, Chair of IMPOWER High Needs Delivery Advisory Board I recently had the pleasure of hosting an IMPOWER Shared Learning Event which focused on early...
by Harrie Palmer | Mar 31, 2022 | Education and inclusion
Read Leo Jones’s blog on the new DfE Green paper on SEND. Whilst there is always a degree of understandable scepticism when any new green paper is published, it does feel important to both mark the occasion and finally welcome the publication of the SEND Green...
