Marie Tucker
@marietucker.bsky.social
Passionate about playing my part in making the U.K. a better place for children in care. Views personal.
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It’s the run up to the national commissioning conference conference for children’s social care. A 2 day in person event facilitating complex & difficult discussions where the onus is on understanding & problem solving. More details being shared on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
It’s the run up to the national commissioning conference and this year… | Marie Tucker
It’s the run up to the national commissioning conference and this year there’s a wide variety of speakers and workshops. I’ve attended this conference for 24 years (!) and am a volunteer on the organi...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It’s the run up to the national commissioning conference conference for children’s social care. A 2 day in person event facilitating complex & difficult discussions where the onus is on understanding & problem solving. More details being shared on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Pleased to have been invited to contribute to this report. There are some important recommendations to take forward and an emphasis throughout on the need for relational commissioning.
The cost of placements for children in care are ever increasing, causing financial strain on local authorities & not always delivering good outcomes for children.
Our new research explores the drivers of high-cost placements & provides recommendations.
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Our new research explores the drivers of high-cost placements & provides recommendations.
Read more: www.local.gov.uk/publications...
Costs and complexity in care: The real drivers of high-cost placements for children in care
Placements for children in care costing over £0.5million per year are increasing in England, causing significant concern and financial strain on local authorities, with little improvement in outcomes ...
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May 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Pleased to have been invited to contribute to this report. There are some important recommendations to take forward and an emphasis throughout on the need for relational commissioning.
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FREE WEBINAR: REPORTING ON CHILDREN
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
FREE WEBINAR: REPORTING ON CHILDREN
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
Excellent to see this. 👏👏
FREE WEBINAR: REPORTING ON CHILDREN
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
Whether you work in journalism, policy, education or advocacy, this IPSO webinar will help you navigate reporting children’s issues and telling children’s stories — ethically, accurately, and with accountability. Sign up here: bit.ly/4k9iESM
May 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent to see this. 👏👏
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If we all understand trauma, it's easier to see it.
The child crying at nursery dropoff may have a secure attachment.
The silent child may need us the most.
The child crying at nursery dropoff may have a secure attachment.
The silent child may need us the most.
March 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If we all understand trauma, it's easier to see it.
The child crying at nursery dropoff may have a secure attachment.
The silent child may need us the most.
The child crying at nursery dropoff may have a secure attachment.
The silent child may need us the most.
Sign and share this brilliant campaign to remove the ‘no ball games’ signs across the U.K.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Sign and share this brilliant campaign to remove the ‘no ball games’ signs across the U.K.
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For those of us working in children’s social care, we have a responsibility to connect authentically with each other.
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Marie Tucker on LinkedIn: In these post covid times a lot of events and meetings are held on line…
In these post covid times a lot of events and meetings are held on line. There’s benefit and risk to this and so making the decision whether to facilitate…
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
For those of us working in children’s social care, we have a responsibility to connect authentically with each other.
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Yesterday I observed a live webinar where both a private and a voluntary provider of children’s homes, along with a local authority commissioner, spoke about the immense challenges in the sector…. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Marie Tucker on LinkedIn: Yesterday I observed a live webinar where both a private and a voluntary…
Yesterday I observed a live webinar where both a private and a voluntary provider of children’s homes, along with a local authority commissioner, spoke about…
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February 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yesterday I observed a live webinar where both a private and a voluntary provider of children’s homes, along with a local authority commissioner, spoke about the immense challenges in the sector…. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Such an important post from Jonathan who has been campaigning tirelessly for children in care over the 25yrs I’ve known him. It’s critical that the discussion about the children’s social care crisis shifts from sufficiency to specificity as a matter of urgency. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
South East RCC goes further and faster in identifying needs - CYP Now
National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) strongly encourage the South East Regional Care Cooperative to take its development further and faster to overcome their recognition t...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Such an important post from Jonathan who has been campaigning tirelessly for children in care over the 25yrs I’ve known him. It’s critical that the discussion about the children’s social care crisis shifts from sufficiency to specificity as a matter of urgency. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
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Its time to reconsider the use of visitors books in children's homes.. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Marie Tucker on LinkedIn: There appears to be a growing trend in the use of these GDPR compliant…
There appears to be a growing trend in the use of these GDPR compliant visitors books being used in children's homes. These GDPR versions make it difficult for…
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January 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Its time to reconsider the use of visitors books in children's homes.. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Its time to reconsider the use of visitors books in children's homes.. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
Marie Tucker on LinkedIn: There appears to be a growing trend in the use of these GDPR compliant…
There appears to be a growing trend in the use of these GDPR compliant visitors books being used in children's homes. These GDPR versions make it difficult for…
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January 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Its time to reconsider the use of visitors books in children's homes.. www.linkedin.com/posts/marie-...
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“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Mea...
Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Tuesday December 3rd) publishing a new report, ‘Too Skint for School’, examining the link between poverty and school...
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December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
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Here is the latest episode on the podcast with Jonny Hoyle where we talk about AI and social work, the role of AI in record keeping and how social work is transforming. Enjoy....
#socialwork #AI
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#socialwork #AI
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Season 5, Episode 4, Jonny Hoyle on AI and Social Work. - Trauma Resonance Resilience
Dr Lisa Cherry is in this conversation with social worker Jonny Hoyle where we discuss how AI isn’t the future; it’s the present. Social work needs to have the difficult conversations and steer the de...
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December 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Here is the latest episode on the podcast with Jonny Hoyle where we talk about AI and social work, the role of AI in record keeping and how social work is transforming. Enjoy....
#socialwork #AI
www.buzzsprout.com/462859/episo...
#socialwork #AI
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This is v welcome. However, there's still an urgent need to tighten up the controls re info that is shared on children's homes. Location of homes (whether pre or post planning) should never be divulged. I believe @ipso.co.uk await guidance from DfE so the editors code can be updated to include this.
The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, which writes the standards that IPSO uses to regulate the press, has updated the clause on children to reflect society’s changing understanding of who has the right to provide consent on behalf of a child from January 1, 2025. 1/4
December 3, 2024 at 11:55 AM
This is v welcome. However, there's still an urgent need to tighten up the controls re info that is shared on children's homes. Location of homes (whether pre or post planning) should never be divulged. I believe @ipso.co.uk await guidance from DfE so the editors code can be updated to include this.
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Deliberate policies that prevent connection, belonging and the development of social skills. The opposite of what is required to learn. The question is, what life have you lived or not lived, to create, condone and/or collude with such policies?
“Their rules are draconian. As professional teachers, do they not look at themselves and question these behavioural policies? They are making these children robots. Children aren't able to say hi, can't say no, not look at each other, it's wrong.”
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Hackney teacher slams academy's strict rules including no talking in corridors
A concerned head teacher wants academies and their teachers to show more support to students
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November 24, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Deliberate policies that prevent connection, belonging and the development of social skills. The opposite of what is required to learn. The question is, what life have you lived or not lived, to create, condone and/or collude with such policies?
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Excellent analysis that fully resonates with this ‘edge of a cliff’ non-profit social care provider
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Will the Autumn Budget push the social care sector beyond breaking point?
While the recent budget brought better news for hard-pressed public services, social care was not so lucky. With many organisations fearing that changes to the Employer National Insurance Contribution...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Excellent analysis that fully resonates with this ‘edge of a cliff’ non-profit social care provider
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wi...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wi...
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What are you doing for Christmas? A question that fills some of us with dread... but it doesn't have to be like that ❤️🩹
Gold from the Stone founder Lemn Sissay tells you how you could help give a Christmas Day to remember to care leavers across the country
Watch ⬇️
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Gold from the Stone founder Lemn Sissay tells you how you could help give a Christmas Day to remember to care leavers across the country
Watch ⬇️
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What are you doing for Christmas?
YouTube video by The Gold from the Stone Foundation
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November 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
What are you doing for Christmas? A question that fills some of us with dread... but it doesn't have to be like that ❤️🩹
Gold from the Stone founder Lemn Sissay tells you how you could help give a Christmas Day to remember to care leavers across the country
Watch ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8o...
Gold from the Stone founder Lemn Sissay tells you how you could help give a Christmas Day to remember to care leavers across the country
Watch ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8o...
As not everyone uses LinkedIn I thought I’d post a link to the excellent NASS response to the governments plan for children’s social care. Claire has worked in the sector for a long time & has a good understanding of the issues. V much recommend this 5 min read.
www.nasschools.org.uk/social-care-...
www.nasschools.org.uk/social-care-...
Children’s Social Care Reform – how do we manage not to throw the baby out with the bathwater? | NASS
SummaryNASS CEO, Claire Dorer OBE, responds to the Government's proposed reforms to children's social care announced on 18th November 2024. NASS CEO, Claire Dorer OBE, responds to the Government’s pro...
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November 21, 2024 at 9:40 PM
As not everyone uses LinkedIn I thought I’d post a link to the excellent NASS response to the governments plan for children’s social care. Claire has worked in the sector for a long time & has a good understanding of the issues. V much recommend this 5 min read.
www.nasschools.org.uk/social-care-...
www.nasschools.org.uk/social-care-...
An excellent response to the governments announcement on social care reform.
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Children’s Social Care Reform – how do we manage not to throw the baby out with the bathwater?
NASS CEO, Claire Dorer OBE Yesterday, Secretary for State for Education Bridget Phillipson announced the "biggest shake up of children’s social care in a generation". This may prove to be true but det...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:42 AM
An excellent response to the governments announcement on social care reform.
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Hello to my newest friends and colleagues on this gorgeous platform! May I introduce you to two of my best books. With a new one coming out in May 2025 on belonging, you've got a little time to read these in preparation 😉
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Hello to my newest friends and colleagues on this gorgeous platform! May I introduce you to two of my best books. With a new one coming out in May 2025 on belonging, you've got a little time to read these in preparation 😉
Invest in prevention.
Value foster carer
& residential care & recognise the positive purpose of both.
Fund councils to place according to need, not budget.
Promote collaboration, coproduction & risk sharing.
Do with, not to.
Change the narrative.
Learn from what IS working well & replicate.
Value foster carer
& residential care & recognise the positive purpose of both.
Fund councils to place according to need, not budget.
Promote collaboration, coproduction & risk sharing.
Do with, not to.
Change the narrative.
Learn from what IS working well & replicate.
November 18, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Invest in prevention.
Value foster carer
& residential care & recognise the positive purpose of both.
Fund councils to place according to need, not budget.
Promote collaboration, coproduction & risk sharing.
Do with, not to.
Change the narrative.
Learn from what IS working well & replicate.
Value foster carer
& residential care & recognise the positive purpose of both.
Fund councils to place according to need, not budget.
Promote collaboration, coproduction & risk sharing.
Do with, not to.
Change the narrative.
Learn from what IS working well & replicate.
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Capping costs will be counterproductive.
Building LA provision will help reduce use of unregistered homes but it won’t necessarily deliver value on a like for like basis.
The solution is far more complex and nuanced. It also involves genuine consultation with the sector and a culture of trust.
Building LA provision will help reduce use of unregistered homes but it won’t necessarily deliver value on a like for like basis.
The solution is far more complex and nuanced. It also involves genuine consultation with the sector and a culture of trust.
November 10, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Capping costs will be counterproductive.
Building LA provision will help reduce use of unregistered homes but it won’t necessarily deliver value on a like for like basis.
The solution is far more complex and nuanced. It also involves genuine consultation with the sector and a culture of trust.
Building LA provision will help reduce use of unregistered homes but it won’t necessarily deliver value on a like for like basis.
The solution is far more complex and nuanced. It also involves genuine consultation with the sector and a culture of trust.