David Cohen 🇺🇦

Leaving care, youth justice, children's social care. Views are my own.

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Amazing new video from Foster for East Midlands. Tissues at the ready! https://t.co/O81Xet9vxQ

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Check out this great job opportunity at Derbyshire County Council & please share: https://t.co/tooVxHvJRU

[Terry Galloway @TerryGalloway]

Ready for our next Care Leaver to call a home. 16+ Accommodation Nottinghamshire.

[Barry Lewis @BarryL_Insights]

Yesterday, the government announced no new money for local authorities in the provisional local government finance settlement. Well, if they can’t do that perhaps they can deal with this massive systemic issue that’s bleeding local authorities dry…

As for every local authority, since 2020 the numbers of children being cared for in Derbyshire has risen by 25% to 1,075.
And the costs of looking after Derbyshire children who cannot live with their birth parents has risen by £40m – an increase of 105% - in the past five years. It isn’t sustainable anymore. We have a placement that costs us £15,000 per week (£780,000 per year)!

Private care providers, who’ve entered this lucrative market, some of which are based off-shore, made profits of over £300m last year, and can pick and choose which children to accept and charge hyper-inflated costs. It’s a distorted, uncompetitive market that is milking local authorities and taxpayers dry.

Now we’re in the impossible situation of looking at reducing our early help offer, which means feeding a spiral of increased demand on our services and increasing costs down the line. We can get just about every area of our budget under control but this one is running away from us, and can’t be brought under control, we have statutory responsibilities we can’t ignore.

We’ve asked our MPs to support us and to their credit they’ve agreed where they can. This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s a market and regulatory issue, requiring some sort of intervention. If govt gets this right there’s the potential to save hundreds of millions across the whole local govt system.

https://t.co/ggN1fa8gmk

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

@CWilson200 @AdviserCare Absolutely shocking and illegal practice. I hope this has been addressed.

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Well, that's done me.

[John Lewis & Partners @JohnLewisRetail]

It’s the things we do that mean the most. 🛹
#TheBeginner

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Delighted with the inspection outcome for the newly renamed Derbyshire Youth Justice Service. Lots of hard work has been put in by dedicated practitioners and managers to improve outcomes. Well done!

[HM Inspectorate of Probation @HMIProbation]

Chief Inspector Justin Russell sums up our inspection of youth offending services in Derbyshire. Read the full report: https://t.co/ZOppzbf67h

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Very proud of the contribution of @Derbyshirecc children in care and care leavers to this important report.

[Become @BecomeCharity]

The valuable insights found during the
#SpotlightInquiry will help inform the #CareReview

Read the report, findings and recommendations here 👇

https://t.co/bOIs9Y9Qbt

[Derbyshire CC @Derbyshirecc]

We will be lighting up County Hall in Matlock blue and yellow – the colours of the Ukrainian flag – to show our solidarity with Ukraine this evening. Public buildings around the country and the world are demonstrating their support in the same way following the Russian invasion.

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Fantastic feedback!

[Derbyshire CC @Derbyshirecc]

Government inspectors have praised the service we provide to support young people leaving our care and prepare them to live independent lives. They were also inspired by the ‘amazing strength’ of our young people too. Find out why here…https://t.co/pPRDchYahX

[Not Your Average Care Kids @Nyack2021]

New blog post now up! This post is from Rhianna about her experience of the transition from being a child in care to a care leavers!

https://t.co/lNet3XjoVs

#childrenincare #careleavers #careexperienced #CEP

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Check out this great blog and give @Nyack2021 a follow. 2 inspirational women making a difference 👏🙌

[Not Your Average Care Kids @Nyack2021]

Our next post is here!! Check out the link below for our latest post on Children in Care Councils and Care Leaver Councils!!

https://t.co/YeNq8liBul

#careexperienced #carekids #incare #careleaver #careleavers #ECLCM

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

@JacquelineDys11 Brilliant, love this!

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

@Sheffield_SCLU @cicc_sheffield Fantastic news and so well deserved 👏

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

@DarrienJustice https://t.co/13bAnyONMh Take care of yourself Darrien 👊

[Derbyshire CC @Derbyshirecc]

While we can’t celebrate Care Leavers Week 26 Oct – 1 Nov in a big way this year, our leaving care workers are marking it with low-key celebrations with the young people we support. Leaving care workers help young people move from care to independence.
https://t.co/Ooq82YQQHJ

[Sheffield Care Leavers Union @Sheffield_SCLU]

So excited that #realitycheque has been shortlisted for the best project award. . . Some seriously tough competition! Feeling very inspired hearing about all the other amazing projects

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

@sillymoo2730 @cicc_sheffield @Sheffield_SCLU @cspeechley @CoramVoice @SheffMusicHub @nikperring Brilliant, well done!

[Derbyshire CC @Derbyshirecc]

👩‍❤️‍👩 It’s #FCF20 and we need #fostercarers to look after vulnerable children now more than ever. Could you foster a #Derbyshire child?Find out more here https://t.co/y6Su0WgUfs ❤️ #ThisIsFostering 🌈#DerbyshireSpirit

[David Cohen 🇺🇦 @David_F_Cohen]

Whether you like football or not, this is a classy tribute to our #keyworkers #sufc

[Sheffield United @SheffieldUnited]

Sheffield. A city made of steel. ❤️

We will rise again.