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Leadership challenges multiply: John Coughlan, chief executive, Hampshire County Council

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Jess Brown speaks to John Coughlan, chief executive, Hampshire County Council.

Leadership: Working with elected members

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Forging good relationships with local politicians can be challenging for children's services leaders, but if managed well, they can be mutually beneficial and help local authorities be more successful.

Somerset gains from peer help

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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

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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

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

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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.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

In early 2014, the tri-borough councils in London became one of the first areas to benefit from the Department for Education's £100m, two-year Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Safeguarding help for charities

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The voluntary sector can help to safeguard young people, but needs support and funding, says Sam Marks.

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Our panel offers advice on young people's employment, cultivating community spirit, regaining job motivation and discussing depression.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

Inquiry will identify solutions to stresses in children's services

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Never move house, change jobs or get divorced (or married) in the same year.

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Derren Hayes meets Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care.

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Government plans to introduce a national accreditation scheme for children's social workers by 2020 could see practitioners leave the profession and destabilise the workforce, warn social work education experts.

Evaluating early intervention

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Intervening early can prevent problems escalating and save money in the long term. But how do services demonstrate this? Joe Lepper asked a range of experts for advice on effective evaluation.

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Leadership challenges multiply: John Coughlan, chief executive, Hampshire County Council

Leadership: Working with elected members

Somerset gains from peer help

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

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

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Safeguarding help for charities

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Inquiry will identify solutions to stresses in children's services

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

Evaluating early intervention

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