Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019
A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust...
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In Depth
Commissioning: Children's centres and resilience
When revising children's centres provision, councils must consider ways to build people's resilience, says Toni Badnall-Neill.
Special Report: Recruitment and Retention in Social Care
As the social care workforce expands, the number of vacant posts remains high, prompting councils and policymakers to develop new ways to support practitioners to boost staff recruitment and retention.
Special Report: Technology in Children's Services
Children's services are increasingly using technology to boost information sharing among professionals and across agency and geographical boundaries to get help to vulnerable children and families earlier.
Private sector partnerships
Successful private sector partnerships can enable organisations to harness the skills and resources needed to take their campaigns further and reach wider audiences than would otherwise be possible.
Learning from Troubled Families
How can commissioners use the Troubled Families programme to lead local transformation, asks Richard Selwyn.
Opinion
Self-evaluation - a story to fear...
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Research
Trends in Children's and Young...
Researchers from the University of Sheffield and the University of Huddersfield...
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