UPDATE NO 542 03 February 2023

Newsletters If you would like to know more about the Programme, click on the main section icons shown above. At SESLIP we are always on the look-out for good ideas that might be better implemented regionally rather than locally. If you have any suggestions, please contact Richard Tyndall, SESLI Programme Manager (details below).  Our Regional […]

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If you would like to know more about the Programme, click on the main section icons shown above.

At SESLIP we are always on the look-out for good ideas that might be better implemented regionally rather than locally. If you have any suggestions, please contact Richard Tyndall, SESLI Programme Manager (details below). 

Our Regional Improvement Plan for 2022-2023 (July 2022) can be found here

If you would like to work for the programme, ESCC has advertised the SESLIP Freelance Consultant Approved ListPlease address all enquiries about this opportunity to Richard Tyndall (contact details below)

UPDATE NO 542 03 February 2023

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Social Work Week 20-24 March 2023 – NOW BOOKING

Update:

Social Work England is promoting Social Work Week 20-24 March 2023 with the aim of bringing people together to learn, connect, and influence change.

Action Required:

Explore the range of sector led online sessions which are now booking.

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Improving early childhoods in the face of deepening uncertainty – Learning from A Better Start. Free online conference March 16th 2023, 9:30am -1pm

Update:

NCB will host a free online conference “Improving early childhoods in the face of deepening uncertainty – Learning from A Better Start”  on 16 March 2023, 9:30am -1pm. Hear from the five partnerships: BlackpoolBradfordLambethNottinghamSouthend-on-Sea.

Action Required:

A Better Start (ABS) is the ten-year £215m programme set up by The National Lottery Community Fund. ABS partnerships work directly with families so they can play an active part in deciding on and designing the services and support they get, helping babies and very young children to get the best possible start in life.

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The Big Listen Survey

Update:

The Big Listen is research being carried by LIIA and SESLIP. Together we are working with authorities across the London and the South East to help us develop our respective regional workforce strategies. A poster encouraging staff to complete the survey is here. Closes 10 February 2023.

Action Required:

The survey alongside other activities (focus groups and best practice research) is designed to gather information to help ensure the strategy is informed by the best evidence. You can access the survey here. Mark Evans reports over 430 responses, with ten SE authorities showing responses in double figures. Please contact Mark (details below) to find out how many of your colleagues have responded.

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Children’s social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love – consultation closes 11 May

Update:

On 2 February DfE published Stable Homes, Built on Love, its response to the Independent Review of Social Care published in May 2022; the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s review into the tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson also published in May 2022; and the Competition and Markets Authority review of children’s social care provision published in March 2022.

Action Required:

The DfE has launched two separate consultation exercises: one on thier proposed Children’s social care national framework and dashboard; the other on Child and family social worker workforce. Both consultations close on 11 May 2023.

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UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

Action Required:

“Around one in five of our population (20%) were in poverty in 2020/21 – that’s 13.4 million people; of these 3.9 million were children”.

The full report (141 pages) is here.

Reminders from previous weeks

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Future dates for network meetings

Update:

Lead Members Group: Wednesday 7 June 4–6.30pm. Expert Workshop #9 SEND: Developments and Difference. More from Deborah Glassbrook (contact details below)

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board: More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

AD EducationFriday 17th March 10am – midday via Teams. More from Chris Owen (contact details below)

Action Required:

AD Safeguarding: Friday 10 March 10:00am. More from Mark Evans (contact details below)

QA Network: Monday 27 March 2023 at 2 p.m. More from Amanda Meadows (contact details below)

Fostering Network: More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

SEND SE19: Wednesday 15 February 2023 12-13:30 Joint Conversation: LAs, Health, DfE, NHSE/I & NNPCF , via Teams. More from Sheelagh Sullivan (contact details below)

Early Help: More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

Data Benchmarking: Thursday 9 March 2023 More from Alastair Lee (contact details below)

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Schools commentary: the emerging picture from 2022/23 inspections

Action Required:

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DfE consultation: Adoption support agencies, proposed regulation changes. Closes 20 March

Update:

On 9 January DfE launched a consultation on Adoption support agencies: proposed regulation changes which closes at 11.45pm on 20 March 2023.

Action Required:

Most adoption support service providers must register with Ofsted as adoption support agencies (ASAs), which brings safeguarding and service quality protection. However, DfE believes that aspects of this requirement are not working in practice. The proposed changes to regualtions are here.

You can make your response here

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The Staff College – upon aspirant DCS programme 2023 – NOW BOOKING

Update:

Applications for the 2023 upon aspirant Directors Programme are now open. The programme is supported by the DfE, it’s co-created and delivered by a trusted consortium of expert partners: The Staff CollegeInstitute of Public CareSkills for Care and GatenbySanderson.

Action Required:

To find out more there is one remaining webinar available (book here) 

  • 6 February 2023:    10:30 – 11:30

Tools & Templates

We have produced a Regional Improvement Plan (July 2022) which will underpin activities while we await publication of the DfE’s reponse to the McAllister Care Review, which is anticipated in Autumn 2022

On 2 February DfE published Stable Homes, Built on Love

On 26 January Joseph Rowntree Foundation published UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

On 17 January DfE published Schools commentary: the emerging picture from 2022/23 inspections

On 9 January DfE launched a consultation on Adoption support agencies: proposed regulation changes which closes at 11.45pm on 20 March 2023

On 16 December Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (Minister for Immigration) announced a new pilot (and new funding) for UASC children

On 15 December DfE published Evaluation of local authority support on children’s social care services

On 15 December DfE published Behavioural insights: increasing uptake of family hub services.

On 7 December NFER published Teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard.

On 30 November The Staff College published Just Fair – Leading in Colour

On 28 November NESTA published Mapping early years practice

On 24 November DfE published Applications to mother and baby units in prison: how decisions are made and the role of social work and What Works for Children’s Social Care published A review of the applications to mother and baby units in prisons

On 24 November SESLIP published Inside Out Final Report

On 21 November NFJO published Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: New evidence for England and Wales

On 17 November DfE published Education and training statistics for the UK 2022 and Children looked after in England including adoptions

On 16 November SEND legal advice charity IPSEA and the Howard League for Penal Reform published a briefing paper Education inside penal detention for children in England

On 14 November Ofsted published Best start in life: a research review for early years

On 10 November, Agenda Alliance published Girls Speak: Pushed Out Left Out, final report

On 10 November Julie McCullochASCL Director of Policy published a blog The ‘Messy Middle Tier’: Parts 1 and 2

On 9 November Ofsted published Terms of reference: thematic review of careers guidance. The review will be published in autumn 2023.

On 2 November ADCS published a thematic report on Mental Health alongside an interim report of the eighth iteration of its Safeguarding Pressures research

On 27 October DfE published Characteristics of children in need 2022

On 26 October the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published a report investigating allegations of abuse at residential homes for disabled children

On 20 October the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its final report

Contact Details

Data and Information Manager: Luke Ede (East Sussex)

luke.ede@eastsussex.gov.uk

07925 148597

LGA Children’s Improvement Adviser: Helen Watson (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

helen.watson5@icloud.com

07810 011892

Children’s Services Performance Manager: Amanda Meadows (Hampshire)

Amanda.meadows@hants.gov.uk

03707 794752

Education Network: Chris Owen (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

chris@bright-spark.net

07825 862330

SESLIP Education Data Group Lead: Daryl Perilli (Brighton and Hove)

Daryl.Perilli@brighton-hove.gov.uk

SESLIP Consultant and LGA SEND Improvement Adviser: Deborah Glassbrook (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

deborah@optimisingpotential.co.uk

07882 158959

The Staff College Assistant Operations Manager: Ellie Bevis (The Staff College)

ellie.bevis@thestaffcollege.uk

0161 729 1065

NHS (SE) CYP mental health: Gavin Lockhart (NHS England (South East))

gavin.lockhart1@nhs.net

07879 488307

SESLIP Consultant: Isabelle Gregory (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

isabelle@firstcareconsultancy.co.uk

07931 586784

South East Grid for Learning – Consortium Manager: Krista Pickering (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

krista.pickering@segfl.org.uk

07872 014083

CSC Workforce, PSW and AD Safeguarding Network Lead: Mark Evans (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

Mark@markevansconsulting.co.uk

07803 147072

Regional Development Manager Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (SE Region): Martin Tuck (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

martin.tuck@hants.gov.uk

03707 793651

LGA Corporate Improvement Adviser: Philip (Phil) Simpkins (LGA)

philip.simpkins@btinternet.com

Adoption; Fostering; Kinship and Early Help Regional Networks: Rebecca Eligon (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

rebeccaeligon@gmail.com

07944 996219

SESLI Programme Manager: Richard Tyndall (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

richard.tyndall@richardtyndall.co.uk

07880 787007

S.E. Region SEND Network Programme Co-ordinator: Sheelagh Sullivan (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

sheelagh.sullivan@outlook.com