What's next for children's social care in England? A practical perspective | NSPCC Learning Podcast

Listen to three experts from the NSPCC discuss proposed reforms to the social care system in England.

This is the second in a two-part series looking at the future of children’s social care in England.

Earlier this year, the UK government published its vision for the reform of children's social care in England: Stable homes built on love.

The strategy sets out a number of proposals to family support and early help services, including the rollout of new multi-disciplinary family help teams to provide earlier support to families so they don't reach crisis point.

In this podcast episode three experts from the NSPCC consider what the government’s proposals might look like in practice.

The discussion covered:
the planned reforms to family support and early help services
what new multi-disciplinary family help teams might look like
the benefits and challenges of taking a family-first approach to social care
the importance of developing meaningful relationships with families and considering lived experience
changes to social care workforce roles, including the introduction of a new lead child protection practitioner role
barriers to implementing reform, and how they might affect the day-to-day work of social care professionals.

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Photography by Tom Hull.

The children and young people pictured are models. Adults pictured are models and volunteers. Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros [http://goo.gl/YmnOAx]

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