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Jane Foster is a Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) for Tri Borough Children’s Services, and a specialist safeguarding advisor with international experience. Based in Cornwall, and a lover of bodyboarding and sea swimming, Jane is one of seven members of our Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB). The board is responsible for observing and overseeing the care […]

In the latest in our series of Q&As with members of our Independent Safeguarding Board, we spoke to Dr Lynne Wigens OBE, about why she got involved with the initiative, her highly successful career in nursing and safeguarding, and her views on the social care sector. As former Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Quality

In the first in our series of Q&As with members of our Independent Safeguarding Board, we spoke to former Detective Superintendent, Iqbal Singh, about his involvement with the board, his policing career spanning 31 years, and his thoughts on the social care sector. Tell us about your experience as an acting police officer and your

The eagerly anticipated independent review of children’s social care has been published and the industry has spent the last two weeks poring over the detail. While the final recommendations won’t be released until early next year, the initial findings are enough to give us a flavour of the tone and sentiment of the review so

The Department for Education published a review this month into the number and types of young people that are placed in independent or semi independent placements. They also published a consultation into the future of this provision and how it should be regulated. What does this all mean? What is this provision and why the