Confirmation of this is that only three local authorities have been taking advantage of these changes at the time of writing this article and the push back against it by different organisations and professionals has been palpable.
However, the Children Act 1989, however brilliant, is not a museum piece to be admired in a glass case and never challenged or changed.
There is a debate that needs to be had about children’s social care and the children and families affected by the system need to be front and centre in the discussion, debate & decision making. When many of us have called for a fully independent care review we do not just mean independent of central and local government, we also mean independent of the other players in the system, charities like TACT, independent fostering agencies and the numerous charities, campaigning and lobbying groups. The voices of those whose lives the system intervenes in must be the ones with the greatest weight and with the biggest influence on the outcome.
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