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Children’s services chief calls for £12.5bn investment

Children and family services will need an additional £12.5bn over three years to help people ...

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Children’s social care referrals up by 20% since 2008

The number referrals to children’s social care has soared by almost 20% since 2008, according ...

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Cost of children’s placements soar in pandemic

Four out of five local authorities have seen children’s placement costs rise during the pandemic, ...

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Councils ‘bracing’ themselves for rise in referrals

Local authorities are expecting a surge in demand for support for children and young people ...

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Ministers urged to ‘reboot’ investment in children’s services

Social care directors have called on the government to provide children’s services with a ‘sustainable, ...

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Directors call for a country that works for all children

The experiences of children and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic should be put ‘front ...

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Tributes paid to Surrey children’s services director

Tributes have been paid to Surrey County Council’s executive director of children, lifelong learning and ...

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Children’s services chief warns of ‘huge spikes in demand’

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned there ...