Councils with social services responsibilities are being invited by the department for education and skills to bid to become pilots for the integrated children's system, a new framework for working with children and families, writes Sally Gillen and Mike Simons.
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Exclusive: Draft government response to Laming report leaked to Community Care
Area child protection committees will be scrapped and the child protection register phased out under proposals in the children’s green paper, according to a government document leaked to Community Care, writes Lauren Revans.
Wednesday 16 July 2003
Asylum service branded a shambles. Former marine who ran away with 12-year-old is angry she lied about her age.
Vigilance or ignorance?
Since 1996 many US states have been notifying local communities when sex offenders are about to be released into their midst. Does this make the US public feel safer, asks social work lecturer Terry Thomas?
Delayed reaction
As the new system of delayed discharge fines draws nearer to implementation, professionals' views on the subject appear to be shifting, writes lecturer on health services Jon Glasby.
Child detentions ‘must be reviewed’
Liberal Democrat MSP Robert Brown last week urged he Home Office to "review its policy" on detaining the children of asylum seekers, backing Community Care's campaign aim to stop this practice.
Hodge promises to raise status of social work
The minister for children and young people pledged that one of her first tasks in her new role would be to raise the status of social work, writes Clare Jerrom.
When family life is not possible
For many it is received wisdom that residential care is the last resort for children. Not so, argues Paul Taylor.
Thursday 3 July 2003
Green Paper on Children at Risk faces further delays while doctors want to ban alcohol advertising.
‘That’ll teach them’
Education professionals are scornful of the government’s plan to enable schools to fine the parents of truants, reports Mark Hunter.
Schools budget crisis hangs over the future of mentors
Over the past few weeks, teachers and school support staff have been working under a cloud, writes Kendra Inman. Redundancy notices, rarely a factor in today’s public services, have been flying around as schools, in the midst of a budget crisis, have been forced to let staff go.
Ofsted unhappy with Connexions partnership
Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Connexions Partnership, provides unsatisfactory value for money says inspection body Ofsted.
Sheffield united
The asylum seekers team in Sheffield combines housing and social work expertise with a media-savvy approach to making its case for a compassionate attitude to refugees. Graham Hopkins reports.
Accountability is key to protection
Local councillors should be given more say in the running of children’s services, write Alison King and Gillian Morgan.
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