Children’s social care system is ‘30-year-old tower of Jenga’

The children’s social care system in England is a “30-year-old tower of Jenga held together with Sellotape: simultaneously rigid and shaky,” an independent review of the sector has concluded. The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care ‘Case for Change’ report, which was published the other week, found that the service is riddled with bureaucracy and risk aversion and needs urgent systemic change.