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Ofsted's annual report: a reassuring picture for social care
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's most recent Annual Report, and the picture for children's social care.
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Learning from annual engagement meetings
Yvette Stanley discusses our learning from annual engagement meetings.
Supervision and effective social work practice
Effective supervision is central to good social work practice, writes Yvette Stanley.
Integrated children’s systems – what local authorities have told us
Yvette Stanley discusses the importance of effective Integrated Children's Systems (ICSs).
How do we achieve outstanding help and protection?
One of the best parts of my job is when we get to acknowledge and celebrate good social care practice. And no more so than when we give a judgement of outstanding to highlight the excellent work leaders and social …
A preferred model of practice?
This week I went to the National Learning Conference, part of the Government’s Social Work Innovation Programme - a great event to be part of. What struck me was the large number of social work practitioners attending, and not just …