Feb 12, 2004
Job losses threaten work on children bill |
Job cuts at the Department for Education and Skills
may run into four figures adding to fears that work on the
children’s bill may be endangered. |
Feb 12, 2004
Will green paper prevent mistakes by professionals? |
The Victoria Climbié inquiry revealed much
decision-making based on mistaken assumptions. How does the green
paper on children ‘Every Child Matters’ approach such flawed
thinking, asks Amy Weir. |
Dec 1, 2003
Setback for green paper as agencies submit critical counter
proposals |
From the concept of the lead professional to the
three-tiered approach to services, organisations are queuing up to
find fault in government plans, writes Derren Hayes. |
Nov 27, 2003
Too much too soon |
All local authorities are expected to have
children’s trusts up and running by 2006 even though the pathfinder
evaluation will not be complete by then. Many professionals are
concerned that it is an impossible timetable, reports Natalie
Valios. |
Nov 27, 2003 |
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Will education take control? |
Worries are surfacing that the appointment of
children’s services directors proposed in the green paper on
children will see education favoured as a source of candidates
rather than social services. Katie Leason
reports. |
Nov 4, 2003
Government told to slow down on children’s trust
drive |
The government’s proposal to roll out children’s
trusts across the country by 2006 before the model has been
evaluated has been criticised by leading figures in social care and
education, writes Amy Taylor. |
Oct 6, 2003 |
Every worker matters too |
The green paper, Every Child Matters, is
set to transform the shape of children’s services in this
country. |
Sep 26, 2003 |
Commissioner on the cards |
After years of campaigning by children’s
charities and children’s rights groups the government is
proposing to establish a children’s commissioner for
England. |
Sep 26, 2003 |
Plans for radical changes in young people’s
services |
A unique identification number for every child and
young person in England, plus new powers for agencies to share
information about children and their families have been proposed in
the long-awaited green paper on children’s services. |
Sep 26, 2003 |
Is the vision clear – or blurred? |
Polly Neate finds that while some professionals
believe the concentration on improving the quality of lives is a
big advance on previous documents, others are saying that the green
paper will overload an already stretched system. |
Sep 18, 2003 |
Hodge warns against divided services |
Children’s minister Margaret Hodge has warned
that care must be taken to prevent a return to divided social
services as the proposals in the green paper are implemented,
writes Sally Gillen. |
Sep 17, 2003 |
The will is there, but is the money? |
What do the proposals in the green paper on
children ‘Every Child Matters’ mean for the professionals who will
be charged with putting them into practice? Our team of experts
assess the likely impact |
Sep 14, 2003 |
Charles Clarke talks to Community Care |
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Education secretary Charles Clarke, who launched the green
paper on children, was interviewed by Community Care. He explains
the thinking behind the document’s main points.
Interview by Sally Gillen |
Sep 10, 2003 |
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