Article Index
- Stay Safe: Using the views of children and young people to shape decision-making in service planning and practice current position
- presentation by Roger
- presentation by David
- questions to Roger and David
- presentation by Issy
- questions to Issy
- presentation by Gillian
- presentation by Boyd
- questions to Gillian and Boyd
- chair's summing up
Tuesday 24th February 2009
Holiday Inn, Birmingham
Chair:
Kevin Williams, Chief Executive, The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (TACT)
Speakers:
Roger Morgan, Children’s Rights Director, England
David Derbyshire, Head of Performance Improvement and Consultancy, Action for Children
Issy Cole-Hamilton, Policy and Research Manager, Play England
Gillian Macdonald, Postgraduate Student, Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, University of Bristol
Boyd Livingstone, Research and Analysis Officer (Inclusion), Sheffield Children and Young People’s Directorate
Report written by Sarah Judd, Research Officer, research in practice
Chair’s Introduction
Kevin Williams
The fact that this conference was so well attended is reflective not only of the subject matter, but also of the way in which research in practice offers an opportunity to reflect upon such a key topic in detail.
The Baby P case brought social care into the media limelight, but there is now the opportunity through the newly-formed Social Work Taskforce to really look at what the role of social care is in today’s society.
Despite media attitudes, social care is not necessarily seen as bad by all. Last weekend, 27 areas conducted a “Stay Safe” operation where police spoke to 1000 young people on the streets. Out of these, 120 were immediately returned to their families, and 100 were referred to social services, demonstrating that other services still have confidence in social work.
Page 1 of 10 All Pages
- «
- Prev
- Next
- »
