CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Virtual schools: expanding a hidden asset

By Owen Mapley | 04 September 2023

A recent report from the County Councils' Network explores the development of virtual schools ove...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Working to help children's services in Essex grow

By Helen Lincoln | 04 September 2023

Essex CC has achieved a second consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating for children’s social care...

SOCIAL CARE

National Partnership Agreement needs strong engagement and sustainable funding

By Cllr David Fothergill | 21 August 2023

Without careful planning, the ‘Right Care, Right Person’ approach risks adding to the burden on p...

FINANCE

Service costs 'unmanageable', city council warns

By William Eichler | 21 August 2023

Coventry City Council has projected a £12.1m overspend in its budget and warned that service cost...

SOCIAL CARE

Ofsted warns against placing children in unregistered homes

By William Eichler | 15 August 2023

Ofsted has warned local authorities against placing vulnerable children including those subject t...

WHITEHALL

Health backing for police withdrawal delay

By Mark Conrad | 08 August 2023

Senior healthcare figures have backed councils’ demand to delay police withdrawal from non-urgent...

HEALTH

Improving health and social care outcomes for women and their children

By Naomi Delap | 18 July 2023

We need to do better for pregnant women and mothers of infants with social care involvement. Naom...

HEALTH

We cannot have a healthcare workforce plan that does not address social care

By Amanda Kelly | 11 July 2023

Amanda Kelly calls for a focus on developing a skilled and valued care workforce and the politica...

HEALTH

Social care crisis threatens to 'bury' NHS

By William Eichler | 06 July 2023

The ‘extreme pressure’ on social care is now ‘turning into an avalanche and it’s going to bury th...

SOCIAL CARE

We need creative solutions for all our children

By John Cooper | 04 July 2023

Ann McGauran sets the scene ahead of this week’s Association of Directors of Children’s Services ...

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Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council

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