CYP Now - North East DCSs urge greater focus on poverty in Care Review reforms

Recommendations from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care that have been backed by government do not go far enough to address high levels of poverty in the North East of England, the region’s directors of children’s services (DCSs) say.

Cath McEvoy-Carr: 'Many of the proposals do not go far enough'. Picture: Newcastle City Council

“A new child poverty strategy is key to tackling the underlying drivers of rising demand and the long-term intergenerational impact of poverty and deprivation,” say a cohort of 12 North East DCSs in reply to the government’s response to the Care Review, which takes forward a series of recommendations made by review chair Josh MacAlister.

While the group welcomes plans to shift the focus of children’s services away from crisis intervention and towards early help, it notes in its response that the impact of child poverty has “not been picked up” in either the review’s final recommendations or the government’s response to it.

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