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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Putting it right

By Ann McGauran | 05 October 2021

What does the future hold for children’s social care and what are the priorities for reform? Ann ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Domestic violence and its betrayal

By Stephen Young | 29 September 2021

The Domestic Abuse Act could and should have gone further ‘particularly and most notably around f...

SOCIAL CARE

Overprotected? – powers of attorney and deputyship

By Saara Idelbi | 29 September 2021

Britney Spears’ conservatorship has thrown the spotlight on the powers of the court to impose res...

SOCIAL CARE

Help – when and where it's needed

By Sara Tough | 29 September 2021

Norfolk CC has successfully shifted the emphasis in children's services from crisis to prevention...

TRANSFORMATION

Transforming services through COVID

By Jim Leivers | 29 September 2021

Keeping children’s services going through a pandemic was hard enough, but St Helens MBC has embar...

WHITEHALL

'Lost generation' warning over missing fund

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2021

A £500m fund first promised by the Government two years ago has still not been made available.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call for national service for children in care

By Martin Ford | 22 September 2021

Responsibilities for children in care should be removed from local authorities, a charity has said.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Starfish Talent 20 – People

19 September 2021

In the second installment of the Starfish Talent 20, we put a spotlight on 20 leaders of the futu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Another route to reform?

By Paul Abraham | 19 September 2021

Dealing with multiple emergencies, and a funding crisis with nothing but challenging times ahead,...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Three priorities for the new education secretary  

By Donna Molloy | 17 September 2021

Donna Molloy of the Early Intervention Foundation outlines three priorities for the new secretary...

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