CHILDREN'S SERVICES
LGA: 1,700 children referred to social services daily
By Paul Marinko | 17 April 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed around 1,700 children are referred to social services every day, as it steps up demands for adequate funding.
SOCIAL CARE
Councils deny talks over abuse inquries
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2025
Two councils have denied negotiations have taken place over inquiries into child sexual abuse and...
ASYLUM
Home Office cuts UASC incentive payments
By Paul Marinko | 10 April 2025
The Government has reinstated an incentive scheme for councils accepting the transfer of Unaccomp...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's big, better adventure
By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2025
There may be challenges ahead, but reorganisation fan Rachael Wardell sees rays of hope as she ta...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Disaggregating children's services needs 'done delicately'
By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2025
Splitting up county council social care services into new authorities needs to be ‘done delicatel...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Looking back and moving forward
By Andy Smith | 09 April 2025
Outgoing president of ADCS, Andy Smith, says that while there is still much to do, he is excited ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A question of trust
By James Thomas | 09 April 2025
James Thomas says the children’s trust model can work in the right context. But he believes many ...
SKILLS
Sowing the seeds of ambition
By Dr Helen Paterson | 08 April 2025
A conversation at The MJ Awards has sparked an idea for exposing young people from Northumberland...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Early intervention spending down 40%
By Martin Ford | 07 April 2025
Spending on early intervention children’s services has plummeted by more than 40% since the onset...
AI
Taking the lead on AI in Bucks
By Sarah Murphy-Brookman | 01 April 2025
Sarah Murphy-Brookman says Buckinghamshire Council is shaping the future of public service with i...
SOCIAL CARE
Seeing the bigger picture
By Coleen Male | 31 March 2025
A memorandum of understanding to reduce reliance on agency social workers in the West Midlands ha...
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