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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child sexual abuse review to inform new strategy
By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024
Findings of a ‘robust review’ of Walsall Safeguarding Partnership’s strategy after the largest ch...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children and childhood must get the priority they deserve
By Andy Smith | 03 May 2024
A plan for childhood should have a focus on developing the workforce, as well as a national empha...
RECRUITMENT
DCS churn nears record levels
By Martin Ford | 01 May 2024
The number of changes in directors of children’s services (DCS) postholders has reached near reco...
FINANCE
Peers call for action on private ownership of children's homes
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2024
Peers have called for action to tackle private companies’ dominance of the children’s homes market.
BUSINESS
Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Social work development programme 'pulled' by Department for Education
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024
A Government decision to end a training and development programme for social work managers has be...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Wanted: A cross-party view on SEND
By Greg Clark | 16 April 2024
The unwillingness of either of the Government contenders to make future SEND spending commitments...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fighting for the children
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2024
Incoming president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Andy Smith, talks to A...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
EXCLUSIVE: Demand surges for UASC age assessments
By Martin Ford | 09 April 2024
Councils are struggling to cope with demand for age assessments of unaccompanied asylum-seeking c...
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