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Council’s Best Value duty and the role of the VCS

Council’s Best Value duty and the role of the VCS

The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation on new guidance setting out expectations when councils consider cutting funding to local voluntary and community organisations. They will be required to:

  • Seek to avoid disproportionate reductions in funding
  • Give at least three months’ notice if they plan to reduce or end funding or other support
  • Work with the organisation to…
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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 15, 2011 at 19:46 — No Comments

Caught on tape: Woman ‘posed as pregnant mother to con desperate couples in adoption scam’

Caught on tape: Woman ‘posed as pregnant mother to con desperate couples in adoption scam’

Scammer? Roxanne Jones is accused of conning desperate couples out of hundreds of dollars Scammer? Roxanne Jones is accused of conning desperate couples out of hundreds of dollars

A woman has been charged with fraud and identity theft after she was caught on camera posing as a pregnant mother in an adoption scam.

Roxanne Jones, 34, allegedly preyed on at least ten couples across the U.S. who were desperate to have children, by pretending to be a birth…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 15, 2011 at 19:32 — No Comments

ITRODUCTION TO THE COURT OF PROTECTION



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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 15, 2011 at 19:11 — No Comments

Cafcass secures third ‘good’ rating from Ofsted

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Cafcass secures third ‘good’ rating from Ofsted

Cafcass makes “outstanding” progress in Cheshire and Merseyside

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES TO BE REVIEWED

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 14, 2011 at 23:13 — No Comments

Failed by the system: 25 abused children die under the noses of social workers

Failed by the system: 25 abused children die under the noses of social workers

Peter Connelly (Baby P), the 17-month-old who was found dead in his cot in Tottenham in 2007 Peter Connelly (Baby P), the 17-month-old who was found dead in his cot in Tottenham in 2007

Twenty-five children have died and dozens more been seriously injured despite being known to social services, an Ofsted report reveals.

Vulnerable youngsters are let down in ‘too many’ cases by professionals who fail to listen to the concerns of grandparents, neighbours and even…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 14, 2011 at 22:50 — 1 Comment

Ofsted finds vulnerable children’s views ‘overlooked’

Ofsted finds vulnerable children’s views ‘overlooked’

girl Ofsted analysed 67 serious case reviews, which are carried out when serious abuse is uncovered

Social workers and other professionals in England must do more to listen to the views of vulnerable children, Ofsted inspectors say.

The watchdog says analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) showed too many children were not properly listened to.

Ofsted found a focus on the parent’s need for…

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SERIOUS CASE REVIEW COMMENTS TO OFSTED



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