Ofsted praises Essex children’s services improvements
Essex County Council’s efforts to improve the performance of its beleaguered children’s services department have been praised by Ofsted inspectors.
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Essex County Council’s efforts to improve the performance of its beleaguered children’s services department have been praised by Ofsted inspectors.
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If he’s lucky, Frank Bailey gets a good night’s sleep twice a week. The rest of the time he is on call and spends the small hours worrying, waiting for a bell to ring, to signal at best that his sick wife, Faith, needs help out of bed; at worst that she is struggling for breath and he will have to call paramedics to take her to hospital.
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Plans to increase charges for people using social care in Kent are being put forward by the county council.
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Two women who claimed to be from social services are being sought by Wiltshire Police.
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OFSTED has inspected services for children in Derbyshire and rated them ‘good’. The report looked at how well children in the county are kept safe and the quality of services for looked-after children and care leavers.
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Front-line social workers should regain the freedom to decide what is best for children in a shake up of England’s child protection system, an official review says.
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A DISGRACED councillor yesterday admitted cruising in a red light district while trying to find a prostitute.
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A SCOTTISH care home worker who groomed and raped teenage girls for more than a decade has been jailed for 20 years. James Boyes abused a string of underage girls at Frant Court care home in Frant, East Sussex, during the 1980s and 1990s, leaving one so traumatised she is still being treated in a secure mental hospital.
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Quarriers has started a 90-day consultation with workers to discuss proposed alterations to terms of employment in a bid to protect “current service provision and ensure long-term future growth”.
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THOUSANDS of care staff across Scotland are facing redundancy, with several of the country’s largest charities announcing staff and salary cuts.
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