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Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

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

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Standards at Lambeth Council's children's services department have nosedived from "outstanding" to "inadequate" in the space of just three years.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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

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.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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

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.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Child protection agencies in Doncaster have come under fire for failing to take action to protect three girls in a children's home from child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

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.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

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Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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