that is where places like new beginnings in stockport come in. these parents have had either children taken into care or they have come close to it. you know, we all understand that each day is different for everybody. here they have found support, counselling and advice which has turned their lives around. my little boy has been in with me a year and a half and i never, ever thought that would be possible again. and any time i need support, i reach out to new beginnings. they re like family, they are family, they are family that i never had. they have given me so much support and a lot of tools and strategies to work with, with my son who has got needs, special needs. and, again, they have given me the strength to push on, to not make them mistakes again. the government says it is piloting additionalfamily hubs providing early support. it also accepts more needs to be done to support family members, kinship carers, who take on a child who would otherwise go into care,
a year and a half now, and i never, ever thought that would be possible again. - and anytime i need support, . i reach out to new beginnings. they re like family, - you know, they are family. they re the family that i never had. they ve given me so much support and a lot of tools and strategies to work with, with my son who s got special needs. and again, they ve given me the strength to push on. the government says it is piloting additionalfamily hubs providing early support. it also accepts more needs to be done to support family members, kinship carers, who take on a child who would otherwise go into care, and to find more foster carers. we know that family relationships, kinship care, is equally important. the system used to obsess about those relationships the system needs to obsess about those relationships because that s how you get great outcomes for the children that need the most help in our society.
additionalfamily hubs providing early support. it also accepts more needs to be done to support family members, kinship carers, who take on a child who would otherwise go into care, and to find more foster carers. we know that family relationships, kinship care, is equally important. the system needs to obsess about those relationships because that s how you get great outcomes for the children that need the most help in our society. the government says it will consider other recommendations over the longer term. alison holt, bbc news. joining me now is geraldine nosowska. she s chair of the british association of social workers, the professional association for social work in the uk. very good to have you with us, welcome to bbc news. first of all, i wonder do you welcome this report
the system? the system? what we have seen throu~h the system? what we have seen through having the system? what we have seen through having thousands - the system? what we have seen through having thousands of- through having thousands of conversations with people over the last 14 months who have lived through and in the children s social care system as children or parents, carers and grandparents, it is a system tilted towards crisis prevention, people working in it recognise that, and we need to see it tilts towards backing those people who love and care for children most in need whether it be family members, foster carers, and other people in the community. that is the big reset that we are calling for today. is the big reset that we are calling for toda . ~ ., ., ., , for today. what would that reset look like, how for today. what would that reset look like, how would for today. what would that reset look like, how would it - for today. what would that reset look like, how wo
like new beginnings in stockport come in. these parents have had either children taken into care or they ve come close to it. here, they have found support, counselling and advice which has turned their lives around. my little boy has been home with me a year and a half now, and i never, ever thought that would be possible again. - and anytime i need support, . i reach out to new beginnings. they re like family, - you know, they are family. they re the family that i never had. they ve given me so much support and a lot of tools and strategies to work with, with my son who s got special needs. and again, they ve given me the strength to push on. the government says it is piloting additionalfamily hubs providing early support. it also accepts more needs to be done to support family members, kinship carers, who take on a child who would otherwise go into care, and to find more foster carers. we know that family relationships, kinship care, is equally important.