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Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Two councils have announced plans to cut spending on children's homes provision as part of efforts to reduce levels of spending within children's services.

Martin Narey's resignation statement

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sir Martin Narey took to social media network Twitter to announce his resignation from the Adoption Leadership Board.

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sir Martin Narey has quit as head of the Adoption Leadership Board, the influential body set up by the government to drive through reforms to the sector.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

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Monday, November 24, 2014

A national outcomes framework should be developed as one of a range of measures to improve services for looked-after children and those with greatest needs, a report has found.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

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.

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.

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.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

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Friday, July 18, 2014

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Children's services in Slough are to be split off from local authority control and run by an independent trust in an attempt to improve performance, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

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Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

Martin Narey's resignation statement

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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

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

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

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