When a group of social workers from Staffordshire County Council decided to set up their own practice, other colleagues had doubts. "There was no friction as such but some people expressed fears about safeguarding and accountability," explains Julie Moss, office co-ordinator at Evolve YP.
Staff involved in the project, one of six pilot social work practices, were also anxious.
They were stepping into the unknown, taking on new responsibilities and leaving the direct employment of the council.
But they are certain that the move has paid off.
The social enterprise, which launched in November 2009, is contracted by the county council to run services for looked-after children and young people over 12 from the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Moorlands districts.
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