Speaking, training, writing & consultancy. Care experienced. Former Her Majesty’s Inspector of children’s social care England. Doctoral researcher @UniofYork
Brighton, England
Joined July 2020
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I had a lovely day today thinking about the synergy of education & social work research with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Thanks to @learnventurer and @sao_sarah for organising!
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Are you care-experienced? Are you going to uni this autumn? Would you like £3000? Are you seeing this before the closing date of 31st May?
Where do you apply? Right here, people 😀: crowdscholar.co.uk/scholarsh…
Is there an election today by any chance?! The door has not stopped all day and I’ve never had so many leaflets! Good luck to the candidates, I’ve voted now! #Brighton #RingDoorbellOnDoNotDisturb
#Elections2024
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One of the most thought-provoking stories of those who lived as children in the Gressenhall Workhouse. In this case, we find out some of what happened afterwards. I’ve posted about this before, but it deserves a second outing today.
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📢Special Issue📢I am thrilled to announce the release of our BERJ Special Issue on 'Theorising educational engagement, transitions and outcomes for care-experienced people'. We were lucky as editors to receive so many interesting contributions! Please take a look & share (1/2)
📚 BERJ SPECIAL SECTION: Theorising educational engagement, transitions and outcomes for care-experienced people
@BERJ_Editors @zs_baker @DrKatieEllis @DrNeilHarrison
Volume 50, Issue 2
April 2024
Find out more: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.…
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Afternoon tea at The Grand in Brighton with @AlexanderKempy and @jamie_crabb
Sunday afternoon indulgence in the loveliest way...
So great to see the lovely Jennifer again here, rightly celebrating this amazing achievement. I sat opposite her for a year in the office 15-20 years ago and am one of so many that benefitted from her expertise, kindness and pragmatism. Congrats Jennifer!
At the end of #SocialWorkWeek2024 - celebrating 50 years in social work by the powerhouse that is Jennifer. She is the embodiment of what we aspire to - compassionate; kind; committed. @BrightonHoveCC @TStibbs @VirtualSch_BHCC youtu.be/_mpBUNK2RJk?feature…
I’m so sorry to see this. BYC undoubtedly had funding and, at times, ethical challenges. But it was committed to the value of young people’s direct voices in policy development. Thank you BYC, especially those that served without personal benefit. I hope to see the gap filled.
The British Youth Council is sad to announce its permanent closure after more than 75 years of championing the voices of young people.
bit.ly/3Pvpyoe
ALT Brititish Youth Council logo
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Support Rebecca - a care leaver at Surrey University. What does success mean to you? Adult Care Leaver Participants needed aged 25+ surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/…
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📢Announcement 📢The Phase Two Report of the Care-Experienced Graduates project will be released on Wednesday 21st February here:
doi.org/10.15124/yao-vwh9-p5… If you are on the project mailing list, you will receive this directly to your inbox 📩
ALT The front cover of the Phase Two report. This includes an image of silhouettes in graduate caps and gowns and the title 'The Care-Experienced Graduates' Decision-Making, Choices and Destinations Project: Phase Two Report'.
Time for me to switch off for Christmas. For those celebrating, have a great Christmas. For those not, have a lovely break, if you can. For those who struggle at this time of year, it gets better. Happy Christmas 🎄
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In case you missed it, this important report from @PauseOrg, which draws on our research, highlights some key recommendations for ensuring no family experiences the removal of a child more than once.
#NeverMoreThanOnce
You can read the report here: pause.org.uk/wp-content/uplo…
This puddle at Grantham, hilariously referred to as ‘a flood’ by @LNER, is blocking me and thousands of other people from as far north as Newcastle, trying to get to London. No-one can say how long the delays will be, but the best current guess is over four hours. #broken
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Thanks that’s the best info I’ve had so far: last update from @LNER was ‘we are not receiving any information at all about what is happening to this train’. So far, it has taken two hours to travel from York to north of Doncaster!
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Are you a child in care or someone with experience of the care system? If so, the Children’s Commissioner wants to hear your views on whether ‘care experience’ should be made a protected characteristic.
Complete the survey here: bit.ly/3Y9yP8P
childrenscommissioner.gov.uk…
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Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published new guidelines that aim to inform multi-agency practice when the state takes safeguarding action pre-birth, at birth and in the immediate follow-up period, after discharge from hospital.
Read more: nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/…
What a brilliant, accessible and clear overview of what works, what can go wrong and why binary constructs of ‘childhood’ and ‘adulthood’ fail those who journey between.
Do you need a highly accessible overview of what #TrasitionalSafeguarding is and why it matters?
We've made a short animation! It's not a perfect or definitive answer, but we hope it is helpful...
Free to access here: vimeo.com/794130649
