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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.

Rotherham DCS quits in wake of abuse scandal

    News
  • Friday, September 19, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Joyce Thacker, director of children's services (DCS) at Rotherham Council, has left the post in the wake of the child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandal to hit the town.

Doncaster's deliverer

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

Make more time for direct work

Effective social work relies on face-to-face contact with children and families, but bureaucratic processes can often get in the way. Implement strategies that will free up practitioners' time for more direct work.

The austerity challenge

Richard Selwyn assesses the long-term and hidden costs of public-sector austerity, and asks what can we do about it.

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.

ADCS past-president calls for Nice for children's services

    News
  • Tuesday, October 28, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The inaugural president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has called for the creation of an institute for excellence in children's services to tackle long-standing problems with child protection practice.

Smarter spending for children's services

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 20, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Children's services budgets have never been tighter, with commissioners and providers having little choice but to cut funding and staff. Joe Lepper identifies 11 ways to save money - and maintain quality services.

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