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Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.
Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices
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Opinion
- Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | CYP Now
Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.
Councils can offer safety net on school standards
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | CYP Now
The drive to put children and families at the centre of services has received a crucial endorsement this month.
Lightweight guidance puts children's interests at risk
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | CYP Now
This government's appetite for reducing regulation, prescription and bureaucracy in services for children is well known. Its desire is, to some degree, understandable. Labour in government did over-prescribe, it did over-regulate and it did micro-manage.
Workforce development must survive break-up
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Opinion
- Monday, March 19, 2012 | CYP Now
The lights are about to go out on the Children's Workforce Development Council, with its functions hived off to a number of separate agencies.
Can social investment really change the world?
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Opinion
- Monday, February 6, 2012 | CYP Now
"There are few moments like this when something happens that can really change the world". That was the proclamation of Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude last summer as plans gathered pace to develop the UK market for social investment. Was he going a bit over the top? Perhaps; but only perhaps.
Shared service savings must not be at children's expense
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Opinion
- Monday, October 17, 2011 | CYP Now
Management of children's services will increasingly be a shared undertaking between local authorities that are striving to make savings, if a survey of council decision-makers is anything to go by.
Legacy of leadership is key to academy success
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Opinion
- Friday, October 14, 2011 | CYP Now
There are some serious issues to be resolved under the government's academies programme.
Private finance can intervene now, but not for generations
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Opinion
- Monday, July 11, 2011 | CYP Now
Early intervention is popular right now in theory, but in many areas is being decimated in practice.
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