Author Archives: DS Wellbeing and Development Network

[013.21] Do we really need an independent visitor in children’s homes?

According to the Children’s Homes regulations, each setting needs to hire a person, independent, to visit the home monthly and produce a report where an assessment of the current situation is made, giving recommendations of what should be changed. This report is then, after receiving comments from the Registered Manager and Responsible Individual sent toContinue reading “[013.21] Do we really need an independent visitor in children’s homes?”

[012.21] Care Review, Children’s Homes and Supported Accommodation

There is, currently, a huge debate around children social care (and so welcome it is), due to news around the lack of resources, the lack of quality of some provisions, the risks some children are facing and the lack of a long-term plan to address all this (this list is, obviously, not exhaustive). I have been thinking about writing something about this, but usually I end up just writing some bits in some debates on twitter. This post is exactly about this. My view about the arguments, my ideas, focused on the specific area where I work: Children Residential Care.

[011.21] Just a thought…

Sometimes you can’t stop wondering if it makes sense to continue providing and running children’s homes for a maximum of 2 or 3 children, accepting and working with the “hard to reach” and high risk children… Maybe it would be better to do what others do… bigger properties and not accepting children with high risksContinue reading “[011.21] Just a thought…”

[009.21] o mandato presidencial mais importante da democracia portuguesa

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vai ter um dos mandatos presidenciais mais importantes e relevantes na história do país. A pandemia que actualmente enfrentamos vai provocar (já está na realidade) uma grave e forte crise social e económica. Para enfrentar e lutar contra esta crise é fundamental algo que, infelizmente, não existe em Portugal. Era necessárioContinue reading “[009.21] o mandato presidencial mais importante da democracia portuguesa”