Martin Barrow @MartinBarrow
Local authority foster carer, journalist. Tweeting about the care system, children and young people. Subscribe to my weekly bulletin via [email protected] Joined January 2009-
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Number of Scottish children in care at its lowest in decades: in stark contrast to England thenational.scot/news/24288800.…
Leiland-James Corkill: Adoptive parents' lies led to boy's murder - coroner bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Plans for a new children's home in Leicester run by the private company Milhaven Children's Care Homes have been refused leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-new…
Cash-strapped Derbyshire Council, which is closing 10 children’s centres and making more than 100 people redundant, has paid education consultants hundreds of thousands of pounds derbyshiretimes.co.uk/education/cash…
Annual survey of directors of children's services has revealed 62 changes in the statutory role in councils last financial year, one of the highest turnover rates since the post was created. lgcplus.com/politics/workf…
Woman facing eviction told she would cope sleeping rough bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Maybe we can ask them to write newspaper columns for free
Maybe we can ask them to write newspaper columns for free
This evening the DWP published a new 'Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper' - some very early thoughts...
The latest Week in Care is out, rounding up news and views about children’s services and the care of children and young people from the past seven days (or so…). This is a free service. To subscribe email [email protected]
People don't choose to be on disability benefits. It's their last resort. Stop blaming people with mental health problems. If the Secretary of State wants a grown-up conversation about this, then he should meet with us. We've sent an invite. 1/3
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This is obviously brilliant. I also can't fathom the skill to be able to just do it and make it work.
Rick Astley and the Foo Fighters performing Never Gonna Give You Up in the style of Smells Like Teen Spirit because Dave Grohl spotted Rick on the side of the stage since they were performing the same event and just pulled him in to do the song. Completely unrehearsed.
@MartinBarrow And having re-read my tweet I realise the word 'rewarded' doesn't sound quite right - we don't want to be rewarded for what we do, but we do have to pay the bills. It is hard to run a house on the basis of uncertain income with ever increasing cost of housing etc.
@MartinBarrow As a still (just!) 30-something foster carer alongside my day job I agree with you. I wish many more younger people would come forward to be foster carers but it's not financially rewarded and not something to be entered into lightly. But it is also frequently wonderful!
@MartinBarrow Hmm not my experience..However it is a huge ask , especially as often the support for #Kinship both financially and with training , emotional and practical support just isn't the same which is really unfair as it is a much bigger task to foster and manage family dynamics
Today is my last day at TBIJ. After 10 years in journalism it’s time for a change and I’m very excited to be going to work for the excellent new Labour MP Gen Kitchen. A big thank you to all the people who have trusted me with their stories over the years
A friend's autistic child is currently in council care. It's costing the LA £14,000 PER WEEK.
DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’ cypnow.co.uk/news/article/d…
@MartinBarrow I don't know much about this review but it needs to be done. The whole concept has been poisoned, I really respect what you're doing Martin. Keep doing it with a strong fist mate, and keep banging on the table.
@MartinBarrow #Labour won’t re-nationalise care homes and adoption and fostering. It was a #Blair initiative. Only a vote for any independent will get change. The big 3 parties are all about keeping a status quo. We need a huge change #ToryBrokenBritain
@MartinBarrow Remember when they sold their local authority children’s homes for a quick buck? We told them it would be a disaster…
@MartinBarrow This is a broken system that the govt has no desire to fix. Just awful.
People think the real trauma burden I manage from social work is about working with CSE. Its the burden of sleeping every night knowing you hvae at least three placements you cannot say are safe or not one way or other.
These homes cant be monitored. I was a LAC social worker, I spent my life on trains and you cant monitor a placement 200miles away, run by a private company, effectively. It is not possible. 1/2
As plans for another privately owned children’s home are rejected, a reminder that Lancashire has 302 Ofsted-registered children’s homes and that 60% of children living in them are from outside the county. lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24272666.…
Private equity is also heavily involved with the NHS, in companies that provide mental health services, community services and GP surgeries. The only winners in private equity are the rich investors - the losers will be patients!
Private equity industry in trouble, including children’s homes and foster care agencies
Maybe Andrew Mitchell should be asked about some of these excellent counterpoints made by, um, Andrew Mitchell? (Via @jonfeatonby) conservativehome.com/2022/04/19/and…
If you’re reaching out to the media, it’s presumably because you’ve got something newsworthy to share. Making your story concise while still giving all the relevant details can be tricky if you’re not used to it. ➡️ This is where my tailored training days come in.
@MartinBarrow Heartless lot the whole social service department. There job is to break families and not support them with the help they need so that can keep families together
We have to do better for #autistics across the board Lack of advocacy + threat her baby would be put up for adoption contributed this young mums suicide.
A coroner ruled that Fern Foster, 22, took her own life because of a lack of support after being told that her six-month-old baby might be placed for adoption by social services. bbc.com/news/articles/…
@MartinBarrow So heartbreaking, so unnecessary, system has blood on its hands
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