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'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.

Sport England Small Grants

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  • Tuesday, December 8, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Sport England aims to help people and communities by investing in organisations and projects that will increase sports participation and create opportunities for people to excel.

Children's services need clarity of accountability

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  • Tuesday, August 20, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

The 2014 Report: Performance improvement

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Over the lifetime of the current parliament, local government funding will fall by 43 per cent, while demands on children's social care have increased. Politicians have made funding children's services a priority, increasing spending at the expense of other budgets.

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