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Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

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Friday, November 6, 2015

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A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

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Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Fairness in the distribution of the early intervention grant has been called into question after it emerged that many deprived areas have fared worse than those that are better off.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

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

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

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The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Residential care providers have warned children's services leaders that any attempts by councils to cut the fees paid to independent homes could see care placements jeopardised.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A London borough is poised to launch the first employee-led youth services mutual after the concept was rubberstamped by politicians.

Ambition chief executive set to join sexual health charity Brook

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Ambition is to leave the organisation - the announcement coming just a week after it emerged that the youth charity is in merger talks.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The promotion of fundamental British values will make the children's workforce more confident in investigating concerns linked to race, the Education Secretary has said.

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of different types of support that businesses can provide youth organisations have been identified as part of a project to strengthen links between commerce and the youth sector.

Teens and Toddlers announces new chief executive

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity that works with at-risk young people has named a former Number 10 policy adviser as its new chief executive.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

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Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

Ambition chief executive set to join sexual health charity Brook

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

Teens and Toddlers announces new chief executive

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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