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'Inadequate' council launches Barnardo's partnership

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  • Thursday, June 22, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A council currently rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has announced it will launch a project with children's charity Barnardo's, just months after a joint bid for £7m of Department for Education innovation funding was turned down.

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

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  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Government plans to allow councils to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation will help councils to better support young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Eileen Munro 'deserts' controversial exemption clause

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  • Friday, February 10, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A social work academic cited as one of the inspirations for controversial government plans to allow councils to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation has spoken out against the proposals, describing them as potentially dangerous.

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

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  • Monday, January 16, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A new independent trust to run children's services in Birmingham will officially launch in April 2018, with the organisation taking the form of a company owned by the council, rather than an employee-owned mutual, it has emerged.

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