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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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  • Friday, October 24, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Funding for early intervention services cut by 50 per child

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  • Wednesday, March 2, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Funding for services including Sure Start children's centres and teenage pregnancy provision is being cut by an average of 50 per child in the next year, according to research commissioned by shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.