Hannah Bates Social Care Solutions was founded out of a need to address and improve standards of practice within children's homes, fostering agencies and educational settings.

Through safeguarding investigations and audits, we address individual and organisational safeguarding issues. We are passionate about providing quality assurance and independent oversight. We deliver specifically detailed insights into the safety of your children.

We understand fully how the various pieces of the children’s safeguarding jigsaw works, from local authorities to social workers, from Ofsted to Commissioners, from LADO processes to internal investigations, from Good to Outstanding and we are the link who understands all of these many partnerships who can help you effectively review and improve your practices.

We have the important mix of extensive national children’s services experience and crucial social worker expertise, that mesh together to ensure the voices of your children and young people are heard.

Because we understand the numerous important partnerships that need to work together for a robust safeguarding environment, we can be comprehensive, authoritative and detail orientated in finding solutions for your organisation. We bring practical, on the ground knowledge to our work, balanced with encouragement, support and insight.

To enable every child to grow up in a home with love, compassion, empathy, kindness and that they have every opportunity to reach their full potential in life.

Vision

To hold our children at the forefront of everything that we do and to support them to have a voice which is heard. To empower individuals and organisations to improve outcomes.

Values

To adopt a restorative approach offering a high quality and professional service that encompasses a number of practices.

Mission

Services

We offer bespoke packages, please contact us to find out more.

With a proven track record of supporting services to get from inadequate to good, we are here to support you on a journey to excellence. We are skilled at putting together improvement plans which are easily embedded into practice, which work and which result in positive outcomes for children. We know how to meet compliance notices, and have extensive knowledge of the SCCIF, children’s homes regulations plus the Fostering National Minimum Standards framework. We can deliver keeping children safe in education audits and reviews, with extensive experience having worked with designated safeguarding leads both in residential and special schools.

Areas we cover include:

Safeguarding reviews and investigations: deep dives after safeguarding concerns have been identified or if there are concerns about a setting; or HR investigations where safeguarding concerns have potentially arisen
Development plans: through reviews with senior leaders, managers and teams providing support to embed good or outstanding practice
Thematic reviews: by undertaking reviews into the quality assurance systems as well as the direct practice delivered to children and young people where there are concerns regarding exploitation, allegations, complaints or other safeguarding matters
Getting to 'Good' in your Ofsted inspection: either by a mock Ofsted inspection and feedback report or a full deep dive and action plan. Explore what you are doing well and how you can improve
Alternative education reviews: where care is provided on site, Residential Special Schools or other settings; 2-day reviews or mock inspections using the SCCIF and Keeping Children Safe in Education
Consultancy: practical support as well as coaching and mentoring when setting up new services, expanding the service or when development is needed to ensure settings are safe and that children receive good care
Coaching: supporting senior leaders, managers and team in understanding and implementing new practices so as to drive improvement in the quality of care being provided to children and young people
Development of direct work plans: with children and young people to improve outcomes.
Trauma informed practice solutions: through coaching, supervisions and practical support to teams
Research into practice solutions: developing paperwork and quality assurance systems which implement the most up to date research into keeping children safe
Strategic leadership training: through reviews, mock inspections, coaching and supervisions

Testimonials

I have worked with Hannah for over 8 years and I have found her to be conscientious, reflective, industrious, creative and an excellent leader and team player. The work I have completed with Hannah has involved some very difficult and complex children, young people, adults and families who have experienced extreme adversity in their lives.

Hannah was always studious and open- minded when it came to promoting the respective needs of those we represented. The welfare of those working with her services were treated with courtesy and respect and despite their vulnerabilities had their safety and welfare at the forefront of all decision making.

Steve Bore, Director & Social Worker Consultant

I worked with Hannah for over 4 years and during this time found her approach to be very child-centred. She builds strong, trusting relationships with young people and works well with other professionals. Hannah is outcome focused and commits fully to making a difference to young people – always going the extra mile when required. Her dynamic and creative style of working has proved itself to be really successful in working with young people who have experienced significant trauma.

Hannah developed and managed a multi-disciplinary specialist team for young people aged 11-25 engaged in high-risk taking behaviours. This team received national recognition in 2022 winning the MJ Award for ‘Innovation in Children’s and Adults’ Services’.

Rachel King, Deputy Director for the Families First for Children Pathfinder

I would highly recommend Hannah Bates Social Care Solutions, Hannah is professional, knowledgeable and supportive.

Hannah has undertaken Independent Inspections and Rapid Reviews of which are high quality and has helped us enormously in focusing on key priorities moving forward. We will definitely be using Hannah in the future.

Jessica Willetts, Head of Quality and Safeguarding, Compass

I cannot thank Hannah enough for supporting our teams in readiness for an Ofsted inspection; the team are now confident and flourishing in role demonstrating good knowledge, much improved report writing and all round enhanced practice.

Hannah has also supported with investigations and one to one coaching for our management group. An excellent service and one I will definitely call upon again.

Beth Davies, CEO iMap

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