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TROUBLED FAMILIES
Call to release 'trapped' troubled families funding
By Martin Ford | 21 May 2020
Bureaucracy threatens to hold up cash needed to support vulnerable children, the County Councils ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Charity threatens legal action on changes to safeguarding laws
By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2020
A charity has threatened legal action against the Department for Education (DfE) if it does not w...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
There is no return to yesterday
By Tony Hunter | 20 May 2020
Social services have adapted rapidly to the disruption of COVID-19, says Tony Hunter. As we emer...
EDUCATION
Ministers under pressure over school opening
By Heather Jameson | 20 May 2020
Ministers are under increasing pressure to rethink its plans to open schools on 1 June after more...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Survey highlights child abuse could go unreported during lockdown
By Laura Sharman | 18 May 2020
Child abuse could go unreported during lockdown as a quarter of adults do not know where to go fo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils call for power to close schools at higher risk of COVID-19
By Dan Peters | 15 May 2020
Council leaders have called for the power to close schools or nurseries that have new clusters of...
MANAGEMENT
'Missed opportunities' to safeguard neglected children
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2020
Four youngsters were left to live in ‘filthy and squalid’ conditions despite ‘numerous referrals’...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Early intervention: adapting to a world in lockdown
By Jack Martin | 13 May 2020
The Early Intervention Foundation has carried out an intense effort to gather as much information...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Playing our part to support the most vulnerable
By Tim Aldridge | 13 May 2020
Tim Aldridge outlines how his team in Newham has responded to the challenge of working during the...
FINANCE
Council concern over falling child referrals
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2020
Councils have expressed concerns about falling referrals to children’s social care amid the coron...
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