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Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

What makes the perfect lead member?

    Other
  • Monday, April 14, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A lead member for children's services can be a powerful advocate for children and young people. Joe Lepper asks what makes the perfect lead member?

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

    News
  • Friday, September 12, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Doncaster's deliverer

    Other
  • Monday, October 13, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Give councils more powers to help underperforming schools

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 28, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is calling for local school commissioners to be introduced to co-ordinate the creation of new school places, support and challenge academies, and broker school improvement services.

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

    News
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) Alan Wood will retire from his post in Hackney at the end of the year, it has been announced.

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