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Steep rise in serious case reviews

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  • Thursday, September 25, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carried out into cases of child deaths or severe abuse have risen by more than 50 per cent in the space of just a year.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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  • Friday, October 24, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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  • Wednesday, July 2, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.