The Evolving Landscape of Children's Services
Delve into the shifting landscape impacting children and families, highlighted through discussions on policies, systems, and societal challenges. Explore the implications for careers amidst the uncertainties and changes in the social care sector, emphasizing the rising concerns around child poverty and the demands on children's social care services in England.
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Pieces of the jigsaw people, policies, systems Richard Humphries Senior Fellow, The King s Fund Visiting Professor, University of Worcester 5 March 2019
Overview about me what is happening to children & families? the national landscape Implications for careers Choices, challenges, uncertainty
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward S ren Kierkegaard
Stepping back the big picture Our population is growing & ageing With much more chronic & complex illness Rapid social change creates new needs & problems So demand for social care & health care, & costs, are rising rapidly Services Workforce The public
Child poverty is heading back to highs not seen since the mid-90s, and may even surpass them Source: The Living Standards Outlook, Resolution Foundation (2019)
Insert childrens services slides Source: Association of Directors of Children s Services
Changing in spending on local authority childrens services, 2010/11 2017/18 Source: National Audit Office (2019)
The childrens social care system in England Source: National Audit Office (2019)
How does the NHS work? an alternative guide: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/audio-video/how- does-nhs-in-england-work https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/health-care-explained/online-course
The implications - The needs you are trying to meet: Will grow in the absence of effective national policies will change and evolve in the face of rapid social, demographic & geopolitical forces Will be more complex and challenging The organisation for which you work will: be expected to do more with less find it difficult to recruit sufficient staff with the right skills need to find better, smarter ways of working be affected by nationally-set priorities be expected to work collaboratively as part of a local system need to be more imaginative in its employment practices need to support and engage it s staff
Re-imagining ageing, the 100 year life 0-15 16-64 65+ Birth Education Work Retirement A 100 year life might see a shift to a multi-stage life : 62-72 51-61 73-78 34-50 24-33 0-15 16-23 79+ Career Break Retirement Work Education Re-training Education Re-training Birth Education Work
What this means for jobs and careers: Take responsibility for your personal & professional development throughout your career Patterns of work and retirement are changing flexible working arrangements career time-outs, sabbaticals, secondments changing mixture of paid & unpaid work Work-life balance Be prepared to refresh existing skills & develop new ones nurturing soft skills as well as hard knowledge collaborating, influencing, relationship-building digital literacy working in and navigating complex systems
Some personal top tips: Check out the culture of your prospective employer s organisation not just the job Seek support from multiple sources employer, professional association, peer and social networks including from other disciplines Be curious! Seize new opportunities and experiences Get a mentor
What questions keep going round and round in my mind? Uncertainty What am I wondering about when I think about working with children, young people, families and/or communities?
What direction(s) am I headed in? What different perspectives do I need to be aware of? Complexity
What have I squared withmyself? Certainty What am I certainabout? What do I know forsure?
Thank you @richardatkf r.humphries@worc.ac.uk
