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Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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  • Thursday, October 25, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

Foster carer demand shows slight fall

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The number of foster carers needed to be recruited this year is slightly lower than in 2013 due to a slowdown in the number of children expected to be fostered, research suggests.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
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.