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25 Feb, 4 tweets, 3 min read
1. article39.org.uk/childrens-soci… I was told again yesterday that I must support the #carereview as the govt were not going to change the Chair, he was not going to step down & it was going ahead. It would be the "only show in town" so I had to "get behind" it even if it was not ideal >
2. article39.org.uk/childrens-soci…. I reject that. The Chair was a political appointment that can still be changed. The @article_39 letter signed by so many distinguished organisations & individuals recognises that. For the sake of our children reform of the Review must follow - & soon>
3. article39.org.uk/childrens-soci… This social care review has got off to a poor start. It lacks transparency & independence. It has too wide a brief & is seeking to rush it's work into 12 months. I believe it will be disastrous for the long term good of the diverse care community. >
article39.org.uk/childrens-soci… 4. Together with signatories to the @article_39 letter, I call upon the Secretary of State to reform this Review & give the next generation of children in care a start based on their long term best interests not political ideology. History will judge you.

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28 Feb
1. I regret the use of the term "care experienced' to describe people who may have worked for a while in the care sector. This term has been hijacked from those with genuine childhood lived experience of state care #carereview >
2. It matters because terms like 'care experienced" & indeed "experts by experience" may be used by #carereview to describe consultation & engagement. Those who grew up as kids in state care are used to those terms being used to describe the care community & think it means them>
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21 Feb
1. A Sunday rambling. We use the term "care experienced" so much now, particularly in the context of the #carereview. But what does it mean, & who or what are care experienced people? The Review is yet to offer its definition, but it will be critical >
2. Are children still in care settings care experienced? Yes - but what is a care setting? They will include those in children's homes, residential schools, foster care. But they will include those in health & mental health care settings & those with disabilities - won't they? >
3. "Care experienced" will surely include young people aged up to 25 in higher education supported by councils. But what about those not supported by councils, or over 25. Will the #carereview identify them as care experienced & hear their views?
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20 Feb
1. A thoughtful thread by @MartinBarrow with which I agree 100% but I would add to it if I may >
2. Everybody should very much participate, but to do so, we need truly meaningful "experts by experience' panels that will really enable all those with an interest to be identified & engaged.>
3. The current arrangement is just one small generic panel including people from a very wide range of interests - foster carers, kinship carers, adopters, care experienced folk>
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25 Jan
1. I spoke to Josh McAlister today. He told me that the DfE terms of reference for Review, which only make a passing reference to supporting children leaving care and care leavers, were only guidance. He fully intends to include care experienced people of all ages in Review >
2. Josh McAlister said that he intends to issue much more detailed guidance once in post in March & will seek to reach out to care experienced people of all ages, wherever they are, in all their diversity. That's very reassuring indeed. Looking at ways now how this might be done.
3. Josh MacAlister accepted that the information on the web site about the interviews for Experts of Experience wasn't good enough. He was clear that he does not intend that care experienced people should be interviewed at all about their life in care.>
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23 Jan
1. The Social Care Review's terms of reference say the Review should "include children who are in care in formal settings such as
fostering arrangements or residential care and also those receiving support under informal,
kinship care....>"
2. < The Social Care Review's terms of reference continue - "The review may want to consider support for children as they prepare to leave
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3. ".. may want to consider support for children as they prepare to leave
care & those receiving ongoing support once they have left care, drawing on care leavers’ experience" ... Is this really a robust enough commitment for all of us who've campaigned for a care system review?
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24 Nov 20
'Bad parent': children's watchdog to accuse state of care failings in England theguardian.com/society/2020/n…
"(Anne Longfield) will call for children to be more involved in the decisions made about their care, and will challenge politicians to do more than simply apply a sticking plaster to a system in crisis." At last!
"...there are children the system really struggles to accommodate. “It treats them as a risk to be managed, not a life to be lived. Despite the best efforts of some staff, these children can experience a system devoid of empathy, compassion and love.”
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