Care experienced people want representation on the leadership of the review of children’s social care in England, a survey of them has found. The survey, carried out before Frontline chief executive Josh MacAlister’s appointment to lead the review last week, also found concerns that the views of people with direct experience of the system would be “overlooked or marginalised”, or that engagement would turn out to be “tokenistic”. Read more.
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