Jenny Coles, president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) today (6 November) chaired a discussion about the long-awaited review, pledged in the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of last year’s general election.
Yusuf Paul McCormack, from campaign group Our Care, Our Say, said: “A Care Review without the voice of the care experienced is like asking a mechanic to design a house or a group of men to design the best sanitary product - it would be based on theory, they wouldn’t know how it feels.”
McCormack delivered a moving speech from the perspective of his “inner child” calling on professionals to cultivate trusting and loving relationships with children in care.
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