Tackling funding, privatisation and poverty: what the care review should focus on

By Ray Jones
There has been much concern about the Department for Education’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ children’s social care review, led by Josh MacAlister.
So what is the current state of play for children’s social care and how might improvements be made without jettisoning what is already good?
What is good and ought to be retained is the commitment and care of frontline practitioners; the wisdom and experience of those managers and leaders who have had their careers