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Home secretary announces wide-ranging inquiry...

09/07/2014
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Home secretary announces wide-ranging inquiry... Theresa May has announced a full scale inquiry into public bodies' handling of child sex abuse allegations.

A wide-reaching inquiry into institutional child sex abuse is being launched, home secretary Theresa May announced in a statement to Parliament yesterday.

The panel inquiry into historic claims of child sex abuse [...]

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First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils...

09/07/2014
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First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils... London’s tri-borough children’s services are to receive £4m from the government’s innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative. The government wants to fund ideas to deliver social work in different ways. Picture: Tom Campbell Speaking at a Department for Education “innovation” networking event, children’s [...]

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Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating...

09/07/2014
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Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating... Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children’s services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

 

Authorities with an 'outstanding' Ofsted rating had an average of 2.2 directors of children's [...]

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Quicker care proceedings do not distort court outcomes, pilot suggests...

08/07/2014
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Quicker care proceedings do not distort court outcomes, pilot suggests...

Tri-borough care proceedings pilot publishes final outcomes

An updated evaluation of the Tri-borough care proceedings pilot has found that there were no significant differences between the pattern of final orders made on the cases in the pilot year, compared to the year before.

The Tri-borough care proceedings [...]

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NSPCC Directors reaction to the Rolf Harris trial...

04/07/2014
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NSPCC Directors reaction to the Rolf Harris trial...

Peter Watt, Director of national services at the NSPCC, said: "Harris was opportunistic and brazen in targeting young girls and women. He took advantage of their trust in him and we heard through the evidence of his courageous victims just how profoundly damaging his abuse on them was for [...]

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WillisPalmer are seeking to recruit

03/07/2014
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WillisPalmer are seeking to recruit experienced Fostering Assessors to complete Form F assessments as well as Short Breaks Assessments nationwide.

Particular hotspots for assessment work are currently: The South West, South East & London. This is ever expanding as more of our local authority partners begin to contract with us.

We provide a robust and supportive supervision [...]

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