The Brits have been hard at work reviewing and reforming their child welfare system. The Munro Report, an independent report requested by the government, calls for a move from a culture focused on CYA and paperwork to a learning culture that preferences expertise.  The Munro report doesn't  reference it, but it invokes for me the Just Culture movement, the notion that workplaces can value open communication within a system of accountability that supports safe behavioral choices among staff. Here is a nice slide show applying Just Culture to medicine. How just is your social service workplace?