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Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

    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.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

Gove U-turn over Doncaster Council plans

    News
  • 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.

Children's services need clarity of accountability

    Other
  • Tuesday, August 20, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

    News
  • Thursday, July 4, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The deadline to enter the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended by one week, to Thursday 11 July. Entries must be received before 12 noon that day.

Stubborn adversaries will let children down

    Other
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2013
    • | CYP Now
There is so much dialogue between parties who either deliberately don't listen to each other or are genuinely hard of hearing. My job takes me across all policy areas and I witness it everywhere.

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