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A look ahead, and thank you

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 21 December 2018 - Categories: children looked after, children's services, joint inspection, social care professionals, social work
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Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's work over the last year, and looks ahead to 2019.

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Ofsted's annual report: a reassuring picture for social care

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 4 December 2018 - Categories: local authorities, social care professionals, social work
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Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's most recent Annual Report, and the picture for children's social care.

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Learning from annual engagement meetings

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 12 November 2018 - Categories: children's services, local authorities, social care professionals, social work

Yvette Stanley discusses our learning from annual engagement meetings.

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Supervision and effective social work practice

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 23 October 2018 - Categories: local authorities, social care professionals, social work

Effective supervision is central to good social work practice, writes Yvette Stanley.

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Integrated children’s systems – what local authorities have told us

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 11 October 2018 - Categories: children's services, local authorities, social care professionals, social work

Yvette Stanley discusses the importance of effective Integrated Children's Systems (ICSs).

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How do we achieve outstanding help and protection?

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 11 May 2018 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals, social work

Yvette Stanley blogs about the new system of social care inspection, ILACS.

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A preferred model of practice?

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 1 March 2018 - Categories: children's services, social care professionals, social work

This week I went to the National Learning Conference, part of the Government’s Social Work Innovation Programme - a great event to be part of.

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