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Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Friday, June 20, 2014

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Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Thursday, August 28, 2014

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Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Smarter spending for children's services

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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Children's services budgets have never been tighter, with commissioners and providers having little choice but to cut funding and staff. Joe Lepper identifies 11 ways to save money - and maintain quality services.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

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Catherine Prisk is to step down as director of Play England at the end of the week after a restructure of management arrangements at the charity.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

Monday, November 4, 2013

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Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Swindon Borough Council wants to slash £770,000 from its £2m children's centres budget, just a year after cutting the service's spend by £380,000.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Friday, July 10, 2015

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Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

Monday, September 28, 2015

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It seems wholly appropriate for an organisation charged with rebuilding the reputation of children's services in Slough that it will be doing so from offices next door to those of the giant Lego corporation.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Monday, February 7, 2011

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Commissioning is a social model. It is about achieving social outcomes and assigning resources to need, says Garath Symonds.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

DfE spends more than £1.5m on bonuses

Monday, August 18, 2014

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Bonuses totalling more than £1.5m were paid to Department for Education (DfE) civil servants in a single year, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Friday, August 22, 2014

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Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Friday, November 27, 2015

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An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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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.

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