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BUSINESS
Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued t...
PEOPLE
Herefordshire DCS leaves in wake of critical Ofsted
By Martin Ford | 28 March 2024
Herefordshire CC’s director for children’s services has left the authority following criticism of...
SOCIAL CARE
Ofsted rates Havering's children's services inadequate
By Dan Peters | 16 February 2024
Havering LBC’s children’s services have been rated inadequate by Government regulator Ofsted afte...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
SEND soars ahead in Herts
By Hero Slinn | 05 February 2024
Hertfordshire CC’s system-wide approach has made SEND everyone’s business, writes Hero Slinn.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Barnsley's Hub: where children's social work flourishes
By Carly Speechley | 19 December 2023
Barnsley MBC’s Practice Development Hub is supporting staff across the Children’s Services workfo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Regional working is here to stay
By John Copps | 11 December 2023
John Copps says regional working in children’s services can no longer be something that can be se...
HOUSING
Future Forum North: Questions over sector regulation
By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023
Questions have been raised about the role of regulation in the local government sector at the MJ ...
SOCIAL CARE
Using 'assurance' to aid recruitment
By Craig Clarke | 29 November 2023
Inspections can prove a troubling time for organisations, but preparation and support for your st...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Who wouldn't want to be a DCS?
By Jane Parfrement | 27 November 2023
As directors of children’s services gather at the National Children and Adult Services Conference...
OFSTED
Councils hit by improvement notices
By Martin Ford | 17 November 2023
Oldham MBC and Oxfordshire CC have received improvement notices for their services for children w...
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