Josh MacAlister, who was appointed as chair of the long-awaited Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson in January, has today (17 June) published the review’s first report A Case for Change.
The report calls for major reform of and investment in support for vulnerable children and families in England, describing the current system as financially strained and risk-averse.
Echoing comments made in MacAlister’s first media interview as review chair in the Sunday Times, the report states that “the children’s social care system in England investigates too readily whilst not doing enough to support families, protect teenagers or care for children who are looked after by the state”.
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