How Stockport's Children's Services are responding to COVID-19 - in conversation with Chris McLoughlin

Thank you for listening to the What Works for Children’s Social Care podcast - COVID-19 special. In this episode, Michael Sanders, Chief Executive of What Works for Children’s Social Care, is talking with Chris McLoughlin, Director of Children’s Services at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (@chrismcDCS). They discuss how Stockport has reacted to the challenges posed by COVID-19, creating an effective multi-agency response, taking stock of physical and emotional wellbeing, and what it’s like to be a PIP during lockdown. You can find more information about the Social Workers in Schools project that Chris mentions here: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/social-workers-in-schools-an-evaluation-of-a-pilot-in-three-local-authorities-in-england/ If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for upcoming topics, please get in touch by emailing [email protected] You can also follow us on Twitter @whatworksCSC