Calling all BALI alumni!  Join us for a day of celebration and networking on Friday, 16th June. 🎉  Hear from inspiring guest speakers, participate in engaging workshops, and reconnect with your fellow alumni.  Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-and-as… #BALIAlumniEvent

Very excited to be at the start of the ⁦The Staff College⁩ BALI Alumni event . The buzz is unbelievable!

Dr Keith Jarrett poet and author opening the BALI day with his poem Underneath the skin of anti blackness ⁦The Staff College⁩

Meet the judges of #SSTPoetryPrize2023: Keith Jarrett is judging this year’s Individual Youth Entry and the NEW Schools Laureate Prize! Watch @KeithJLondon introduce himself: youtu.be/CVyQkf-jNtQ #SSTPoetryPrize Polari Prize #slampoetry #lgbtq #translation

Attention SEND leaders in local authorities.  Your strategic responsibility can shape the future of SEND.  Join us for an enlightening taster session of the National SEND Programme's Leading Change initiative: eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-sen…

At Foundations event on Family Group Conferencing, expecting an appearance from new children's minister David Johnston OBE and some interesting discussions

“My priority & the government’s priority is that children can stay in their family wherever possible”. Really welcome commitment to #KinshipCare from Children’s Minister David Johnston OBE Foundations

Really great to be part of this important debate . Great Qs from the floor

At the social work of the year award . It’s started

Dame Rachel de Souza speaking about the transformative power of social work at the social work awards

Had a blast watching Buddha of Surburbia at RSC today . Fun , nostalgic , inspiring and imaginative use of bananas ⁦The RSC⁩ .

So ⁦Rosie Holt⁩ you were amazing at chippy tonight and bumped into someone else in the queue …

The first time I’ve really EVER watched a programme so positive about adoption and social workers

I agree one of the best programmes on adoption I think I have ever seen and the SWs in it are more than 2 dimensional characters. A must watch for all in the sector

Spent the last 26 hours with new DCS ⁦@StaffCollege_LH⁩ residential . Talked about our improvement journey and my champagne tower theory of change

Had a great session with West Sussex managers today talking about good quality management relationships

West Sussex Managers now talking about group supervision in family safeguarding

Justin Russell DG for families at CHA conference talking about new govt missions - one of which is increasing opportunities for children and yp

Very impressed with Sir Martyn Oliver and Yvette Stanley’s focus on children in the Ofsted session of cha conference

It has been a privilege to lead this journey with fantastic support from the team, partners , corporate colleagues, Cabinet & of course Jacquie Russell