July 2016

Philip Segurola (Director, Specialist Children’s Services at Kent County Council) discusses how local authority partnerships have led to improved outcomes for children in Kent at a Coram-i seminar.

Key points discussed in the presentation were:

• The difficulties faced by small local authorities in adoption work;
• The possibilities and benefits of partnership working, as evidenced by the improved outcomes for children in Kent;
• The practical and administrative complexities of partnership working; and
• Conditions for success: the importance of understanding how to deal with complexity and challenging orthodox practice with innovative ideas.

Here is a recording of Philip’s presentation:

Download the full presentation below.

• Attachments:
  • Philip Segurola (pdf)
• Resource categories:
  Event resources
• Author:
  Kevin Yong