A gaggle of 12 ministers is due to consider how best to improve children's social work and "overhaul the way in which police, social services and other agencies work together". So now is the time for our sector to start producing some radical ideas in the hope that the civil servants (who are always the ones who lead such reviews) will think beyond the obvious. Let me get the ball rolling and set out two thoughts. First, let's take seriously the need to expand early help. Second, let's think afresh about how our services should be structured.
The last thorough review of child protection was undertaken by Eileen Munro for the coalition government, nearly five years ago. She recommended lots of changes, not all of which the government of the day agreed with. She said that prevention was better than cure, and that we should think about the causes of abuse and neglect rather than look at what actually happens to them.
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