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Back Page: Social Claire - The inspection that jars

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Claire and her team are rattled when the inspectors come to town.

Fancy a jar? These words are often spoken after a hard day's work, butnowadays the idea of a jar as a pleasure is the last thing on my mind.Why? Because our authority is undergoing a different type of Jar - aJoint Area Review.

It's enough to strike fear into the heart of the hardiest manager. Ateam of inspectors from across Government agencies will be swooping andsnooping on our town in the next couple of weeks to assess how well weare doing for children and young people.

Essentially, it all comes down to how well we are meeting the fiveoutcomes in Every Child Matters. Stuff we've all been working on for acouple of years now. But have we been getting it right? Only time andthe inspectors will tell.

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