Great Minds Together

Recently there have been a number of new laws in respect of children’s care and Mental Health.

In a landscape of ongoing reforms within children’s social care, significant contradictions have emerged regarding unregulated placements for young people. As highlighted by Yvette Stanley, Ofsted Director for Regulation and Social Care, recent developments, including updates to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Transitioning from a Diagnostic-Led Pathway to an all-age, Needs-Led Pathway

Great Minds Together is excited to announce a new and innovative evidence-based programme for change.

Partnering with Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, GMT have been working with stakeholders across Education, Health and Social Care since November 2024, reviewing existing pathways to see how they can be improved with a practical, hands on, cost-effective solution in order to prevent wrongful hospital admissions for Neurodivergent people, as well as unnecessary police intervention, and where possible, prevention of children being accommodated by the Local Authority

Is this system operating on Fear or Care? It is disappointing but not uncommon that a Local Authority has shared inaccurate information in a court arena about a provider. This highlights the serious need for providers to be made party to proceedings in Deprivation of Liberty hearings, something we have been calling for over recent …

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