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Birmingham appoints new DCS

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Birmingham City Council has named Alastair Gibbons as its new director of children's services (DCS).

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Somerset gains from peer help

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Somerset DCS Julian Wooster says working with Essex has helped its children's services to improve.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Refugee support sparks dispute

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Kent is calling for a compulsory scheme to disperse refugee children, but some warn such plans will fail.

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

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Monday, May 9, 2016

The tri-borough arrangement of children's services covering Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster, has appointed a new head of children's services.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

News

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

A council where children's services were last year rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has succeeded in recruiting scores of new social workers and reducing caseloads by 30 per cent, it has emerged.

Number of 'twin-hat' children's services leaders falls

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

The number of children's services leaders who also have responsibility for another council directorate has fallen for the first time.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Having outsourced day-to-day management of its children's services to an NHS trust, Trafford Council plans to become the first area to fully integrate social care and community health services for children and adults.

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Mission to unify social work: Ruth Allen, BASW chief executive

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Adam Offord talks to Ruth Allen, chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

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