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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.

Children's services need clarity of accountability

    Other
  • Tuesday, August 20, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

One small step for care, one giant leap required

    Other
  • Monday, April 29, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The high-profile cases of children in residential care going missing and being sexually exploited in the past year have sent shockwaves through our society. Last week, the government responded by announcing some important reforms.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
    • | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.

Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.

Children's home system is in urgent need of care

    Other
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The government's welcome resolve to tackle child sexual exploitation in the wake of the notorious Rochdale child-grooming ring has, inevitably, opened a can of worms over the treatment of children in residential care.

Minuses outscore pluses on adoption scorecards

    Other
  • Monday, June 11, 2012
    • | CYP Now
As part of its endeavour to speed up the adoption process, the government last month introduced scorecards to rank councils on their performance in placing children in adoptive homes.

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