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Somerset row shows DCSs need greater authority
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- Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | CYP Now
It is rare for the sacking of a director of children's services (DCS) to be played out in public, but that has been the case in Somerset over the past week.
Children England’s demise highlights failing ‘market’
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- Thursday, September 21, 2023 | CYP Now
Following the collapse in 2016 of children’s charity 4Children, Kathy Evans, chief executive of Children England warned that “the serious financial fragility of the children’s services ‘marketplace’ is a very real and urgent problem for large and small organisations alike”.
The toughest job in the land just got tougher
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- Monday, July 20, 2015 | CYP Now
If you are looking for evidence of just how tough a job it is to be a director of children's services (DCS) at the moment, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) conference provided it.
Councils can help refugee children if properly backed
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- Tuesday, November 8, 2016 | CYP Now
The closure and destruction of the Calais "jungle" refugee camp has spared its estimated 5,000 inhabitants another freezing winter living in tents and mud.
Child sexual exploitation victims must be heard
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- Monday, May 14, 2012 | CYP Now
Child sexual exploitation is often described as one of the great "hidden" scourges in society. But it was propelled into the spotlight in all its sickening brutality last week after nine men from Rochdale and Oldham were sentenced to jail, having plied vulnerable girls with drugs and alcohol and passed ?them around for sex.
Councils must build on youth housing solutions
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- Monday, May 26, 2014 | CYP Now
The 10 per cent rise in house prices in England reported last week was widely seen as another sign that the economy is recovering from the deepest recession in living memory. Good news for home owners certainly, but soaring property prices are making it harder for young people to not just get on the housing ladder, but branch out into independent living generally.
Residential trips are a priceless commodity
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- Monday, August 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. It is a maxim that could be applied to most of the services for children and young people today - being able to do more with less is a key requirement for any chief executive, middle manager or frontline practitioner.
Quality and speed of care proceedings is paramount
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- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Over the past four years, the average length of care proceedings in the family court system has plummeted from 56 weeks to just over 28 weeks.
Election result should provide policy clarity
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
The general election result looks set to be a defining one.
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