Tackling decline in London pupil numbers
A fall in children attending London schools is putting pressure on budgets and experts warn it could impact wider community support.
Source: cypnow.co.uk
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Grab your tickets for this very cool beer-tasting event, coming to Dublin later this month | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad
5 Lamps are running the ultimate beer-tasting event in Dublin this month, filled with tasty pints, delicious food and live music.
Source: joe.ie
Ban or regulation: steps to tackle agency dominance of workforce
Children’s services leaders say only regulation of the agency sector or an outright ban can stop rising workforce costs, but recruitment boss derides such ideas as ‘absurd’ and calls for sector to ‘work with us not against us’.
Source: cypnow.co.uk
Recruitment agency practices compound workforce pressures
CYP Now investigation shows 10-fold rise in agency social work teams being used by local authorities in last five years, with children’s services leaders saying staff shortages are placing huge pressure on budgets.
Source: cypnow.co.uk
English councils pay £1m per child for places in private children's homes | Social care
Private providers accused of making ‘obscene’ profits out of some of society’s most vulnerable children
Source: theguardian.com