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Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Monday, August 7, 2017

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A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

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A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Council announces plans to close majority of children's centres

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

| CYP Now

The majority of Oxfordshire's 44 children's centres will close under plans to save £8m from the local authority's children's services budget.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Just seven councils are responsible for more than half the closures of children's centres since 2010 according to figures provided by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

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

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

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.?

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

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Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Council announces plans to close majority of children's centres

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

A further 100 children's centres face closure

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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