As a new report finds many children in care lack awareness of advocates and independent visitors, Shelly Reed urges the government to improve access to them
A range of challenges including excess bureaucracy, ineffective technology and out-of-date legislation have resulted in a workforce crisis in many aspects of children’s social care, which requires a complete overhaul.
Recommendations put forward in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care have split the sector with some hailing chair Josh MacAlister’s plan for “radical reform” as “ambitious and exciting” while others have branded elements as “dangerous”.