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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Private child care slated

08 April 2009

Councils outsourcing child residential care to private firms are driving down standards of care s...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Chiefs in the spotlight

01 April 2009

Council chief executives have been called in to talk to the Department of Children, Schools and F...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Plugging the gaps

01 April 2009

Following the Laming report into the death of Baby P, David Prince looks at the GSCC’s code of p...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Boosting child protection

01 April 2009

Following publication of Lord Laming’s inquiry into child protection measures in the wake of the ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Shoesmith takes Ofsted to court over dismissal

12 March 2009

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A needle in a haystack

04 March 2009

Looking for evidence of child abuse is like searching for a needle in a haystack. But the task is...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Haringey's road to rehab

27 February 2009

In their first interview with the national media since the Baby P case, Cllr Claire Kober, the ne...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

It's not just about process

12 February 2009

Liz Railton shares her social services experiences to provide some lessons for leadership in the ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Local response is undermined by targets

04 February 2009

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Balls calls for action on social worker shortage

04 February 2009