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Shared Services: Special Report

    Features
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Trends in care commissioning

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which conducted a financial analysis of the largest children’s social care providers, assesses the implications for commissioners of council care services.

Commissioning Care: Special Report

Recommendations in the Care Review aim to improve co-ordination and management in the care market while driving down costs for councils, but some believe the proposals do not go far enough.

Recruiting social workers from overseas

Amid ongoing shortages of social workers, children's services are increasingly turning to international recruitment to fill staffing gaps. Joe Lepper explores challenges and best practice.