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Stable workforce is key to future of social care
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- Monday, October 13, 2014 | CYP Now
Many local authorities continue to fill vacancies for children's social workers with temporary agency staff in order to tackle ever-increasing caseload levels. The issue is this month thrown into sharp focus at high-profile councils with the biggest challenges.
DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers
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- 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.
Support care leavers to strive in their studies
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- Tuesday, October 29, 2013 | CYP Now
Our investigation of the state of support for care leavers paints what only can be described as a conflicting picture.
Social care third-party plans must not be rushed
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- Tuesday, November 26, 2013 | CYP Now
Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech at a recent NSPCC conference could become an epoch-making moment in the history of children's services.
'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.
Children's services need clarity of accountability
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- 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.
Don't underestimate the scale of the CSE problem
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- Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | CYP Now
Barely a day has gone by in September when Rotherham has not featured prominently in the headlines of the national media.
Character education can help children succeed
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- Monday, June 22, 2015 | CYP Now
There is a temptation to view character education as part of an agenda by Conservative politicians to take schooling and youth participation back to a bygone era when Victorian values of the British stiff upper lip ruled.
Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage
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- Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | CYP Now
Minuses outscore pluses on adoption scorecards
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- 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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