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Gove U-turn over Doncaster Council plans

Friday, September 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has backed down over plans to strip control of children's social services from Doncaster Council, instead backing proposals for the authority to retain accountability.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection agencies in Doncaster have come under fire for failing to take action to protect three girls in a children's home from child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Private sector provider sought to revamp children's services in Sandwell

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has outlined plans to draft in private sector support to help run its children's services department for two and a half years.

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is unfairly tough on children's services departments and its inspections can have a detrimental impact on performance, a damning report has concluded.

Directors blame disjointed policy and onerous inspection for high turnover rates

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Monday, February 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising workloads, an onerous inspection regime and lack of policy leadership are key factors in the high turnover of directors of children’s services (DCS), latest research shows.

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

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Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

A "fundamental cultural shift" featuring a greater degree of risk-taking is necessary in order to improve standards within children's social care, the Department for Education has said.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

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Gove U-turn over Doncaster Council plans

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

Private sector provider sought to revamp children's services in Sandwell

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

Directors blame disjointed policy and onerous inspection for high turnover rates

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

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