At SACHS we welcome change and wholeheartedly embrace the challenging agenda to improve the health, wellbeing and life chances of children and young people - after all they are our future!

SACHS is wholly committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the challenging government agenda on ‘Every Child Matters: Change for Children’ in all our work.

We work in a child, young person and family centred way which might challenge existing organisational perspectives.

	All our consultants share a common set of values around the care and services children and young people deserve to help them achieve their potential and be successful in life.

Specific areas of expertise include:

Safeguarding children – see the next page »

Service transformation
Diagnostic reviews
Implementation planning
Meeting local needs
Project management
Organisational development
Governance reviews

Workforce development
Ensuring a workforce model that is fit for the future
Using resources effectively to meet the organisations needs
Training needs analysis
Staff development and training
Coaching and mentoring support
Facilitation

Recent work includes:

• Transformational work with a west London PCT
• Service redesign in an acute trust in the East Midlands
• Workforce development in a children’s hospital in South Africa
• Service evaluation and development in two Middle Eastern countries
• Appreciative Inquiry research with participants from children's cancer units across eastern and western Europe
• Support to Local Authorities on the development of their Children’s Workforce Development Strategies
• Service delivery evaluation in a single specialty acute hospital
• Safeguarding training and support in children’s homes, private clinics, schools and charities
• Health care evaluation in public schools
• Interim professional advice
• Disability services review
• Voluntary sector workforce review advise
• Expert witness case reviews