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Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Monday, October 20, 2014

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Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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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.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

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

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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.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

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Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

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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.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Unison figures reveal sharp fall in children's centres funding

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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Local authorities have closed or merged nearly 300 children's centres over the last four years after making tens of millions of pounds of budget cuts, research by the union Unison has found.

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

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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.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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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.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

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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.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

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Friday, June 27, 2014

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Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

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Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Unison figures reveal sharp fall in children's centres funding

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

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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