What the data is telling us about the role of agency workers in children’s social care and what it means for local authorities and the regions
Yvonne Reinhardt takes a deep dive into children’s social workforce data and calls for a three-pronged approach to workforce development...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Watch now: Getting the best out of the children's placements market
Watch the first in our webinar series “Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" . This session shared the findings from...
Ross Murray
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.84: Reinventing Children's Care Homes with Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang Founder and Director, Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust
In this episode of Radical Reformers, I welcomed Emmanuel Akpan Inwang, Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust. Â Emmanuel's...
Andrew Laird
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Introducing the Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit
Welcome to our Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit. This user-friendly resource includes an interactive dashboard which will help you to navigate...
Mutual Ventures
Nov 26, 20242 min read
A path to better placement and support for every child
Mutual Ventures has been appointed as the Department for Education’s delivery partner to establish two Regional Care Cooperatives, as...
David Fairhurst
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Public services must welcome partnership and prevention
Social care is pointing the way towards the use of working in partnership to deliver public services that prevent crisis by focusing on...
Emmet Regan
Nov 19, 20243 min read
‘What gets measured gets managed’ - does this hold true in local family justice systems?
Agata Miskowiec and Yvonne Reinhardt argue that data-driven performance management must be paired with better case progression tracking,...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Watch now: From Competition to Collaboration: Lessons for regional working from the fostering programme
Watch the first webinar in our Regional Fostering Recruitment Learning Events to share learning from the DfE’s Recruitment and Retention...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 30, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.82: High challenge and high support with Theresa Leavy, Former Executive Director for Children, Dorset Council
In this episode of Radical Reformers, Andrew Laird is joined by Theresa Leavy, former Executive Director for Children (DCS) at Dorset...
Andrew Laird
Oct 10, 20241 min read
‘This is not the end’ – Assessments and Support in Pre-Proceedings
This is a guest blog, authored by our colleagues at the Centre for Justice Innovation: Sophie Carter, Vicki Morris, and Carmen D'Cruz. We...
Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Sep 30, 20245 min read
Entering pre-proceedings – Can we still make meaningful changes once the threshold has been met?
We are pleased to share this series of blogs on pre-proceedings, delving into the critical aspects of managing and supporting families...
Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Sep 30, 20246 min read
Approaching the threshold for proceedings - can we avoid getting there?
This is a guest blog, authored by our colleagues at the Centre for Justice Innovation: Sophie Carter, Vicki Morris, and Carmen D'Cruz. We...
Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Sep 26, 20245 min read
Radical Reformers ep.81: Enabling Leadership with Lucy Butler, Director, South East Regional Care Cooperative
In this latest episode of Radical Reformers, I am joined by Lucy Butler, Director of South East Regional Care Cooperative. Lucy shares...
Andrew Laird
Sep 25, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Strengthening Court Work: Regional Workforce Development across the Family Justice System
Catch up on our webinar held on Tuesday 15th October. The Department for Education's DFJ Trailblazers: Reducing Time to Family Court...
Mutual Ventures
Sep 24, 20241 min read
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs): The Case for Investment
Agata Miśkowiec argues that investment in Family Drug and Alcohol Courts improves outcomes for families and saves money. Last month we...
Agata Miśkowiec
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Radical Reformers ep.78: The changing role of the council Chief Executive with Donna Hall and Stephen Young
This episode is all about the changing role of the council Chief Executive - and it certainly is changing!  The financial pressures on...
Andrew Laird
Aug 14, 20241 min read
Working together for change – the value of lived experience and co-production
We recently published the second edition of our Good Practice Guide  which showcases initiatives across England that are tackling drivers...
Yannick Mitchell
Jul 30, 20244 min read
Radical Reformers ep.76: City Turnaround with Tom Riordan
This episode is with Tom Riordan. Tom is a legend in public service circles. He's been the Chief Executive of Leeds Council for 14 years,...
Andrew Laird
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Case study: Helping the Share Foundation secure funding for life-changing financial education for young people in care
Client: Share Foundation Date: Feb-May 2023 Â The challenge For many looked-after young people, financial education is a missing piece...
Mutual Ventures
Jul 14, 20241 min read
A regional revolution in fostering recruitment
Working in regional ‘clusters’, councils are building and testing a new approach to foster carer recruitment through a government-funded...
John Copps
Jul 8, 20245 min read