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Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim of bringing a range of inspectorates together to assess how health and care services for children are delivered. Jo Stephenson assesses the learning so far.

Shared Services: Special Report

    Features
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Luton Borough Council

Bedfordshire town has introduced new ways of working to help address challenges linked to high rates of child poverty.

How to recruit and retain social workers

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Recruitment and retention challenges in children's services mean councils are searching for new ways to attract and retain social workers. Joe Lepper looks at different approaches and investigates what actually works.

Care and capability

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Looked-after young people are some of the most vulnerable in society. Charlotte Goddard examines the skills required and challenges across the workforce in providing quality care across the system.

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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