CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Trusts no 'quick fix' for failures in kids' services

Delivering children’s services through a trust is not a ‘quick fix’ solution to failure, an academic has warned.

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Delivering children's services through a trust is not a ‘quick fix' solution to failure, an academic has warned.

Last week Sandwell MBC was ordered to deliver its children's services through a trust, despite government inspectors simultaneously reporting progress was being made.

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