Blackpool's children's services 'need to improve'

Children's services make steady improvement - Blackpool Council

Following a two-week inspection in December, inspectors have identified that Blackpool Council provides 'good' services for children in care ...

Children's services social care improvements acknowledged

A government directive requiring Blackpool Council to improve its children's services social care has been lifted after significant improvements ...

Ofsted praises 'accelerated improvements' in Blackpool's children's ...

Blackpool Council's children's services has seen “accelerated improvements” since being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted in 2018, but inspectors ...

Blackpool's children's services 'need to improve' - BBC News

The report, external said Blackpool Council's child care services were not delivering good protection, help or care for children or young people ...

Blackpool Children's Services rated 'requires improvement' after ...

Ofsted inspector Lisa Summers says: “Since the last Ofsted inspection in November 2018, when services for children were judged inadequate ...

Government acknowledges Blackpool children's services ... - LocalGov

Blackpool Council has welcomed the lifting of a government directive requiring the local authority to improve its children's services social ...

Scrutiny order for Blackpool children's services lifted - BBC

Further recognition has been made of improvements to a town's children's care services with the lifting of a government directive. Blackpool ...

Blackpool children's services: commissioner's report - GOV.UK

This report sets out the findings of the commissioner's 3-month review and makes recommendations for the improvement of children's social care services in ...

Report into Children's Services in Blackpool following inspection

2.4 The LA was already on an improvement journey for its children's services prior to Ofsted inspection and it has responded robustly and at considerable pace ...

Stable social work management crucial to improvements at ...

In early 2019, Blackpool council faced losing control of its children's services after a damning Ofsted inspection in late 2018 found ...

Directive lifted as Blackpool Children's Services given further boost

Blackpool Council was issued with a statutory direction by the Department for Education (DfE) after an Ofsted inspection in December 2018 found ...

Our Children (Looked After) / Children in Need - JSNA Blackpool

Blackpool has the highest rate of children in its care in England, followed by Stoke-on-Trent, North East Lincolnshire and Hartlepool. Our ...

KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IN BLACKPOOL

Decisions about a child or family's levels of need and the services that they may require ... assessment of need that will allow them to develop a plan of action.

One in 52 Blackpool children in care as poverty soars in north of ...

One in every 52 children in Blackpool are in care compared with one in 140 across England, leading to calls for more to be done to urgently tackle the widening ...

Inadequate children's social care service makes steady improvements

Ofsted has confirmed that a children's social care service which was last rated inadequate continues to make steady progress in improving ...

Blackpool to retain control of children's services following DfE review

A council where children's services was rated “inadequate” amid concerns that children were being left at risk of harm has been told it can ...

Blackpool Children's Services New Team Names

in Need and Child Protection Plans, they work hard to develop professional and productive relationships ... Supporting Children with Complex Needs team support ...

Building the Evidence Base for Early Intervention Responses ... - GtR

The benefits for children in Blackpool would be substantial in light of the harm known to be caused by living with domestic violence and the ...

'Inadequate' Blackpool council to keep hold of children's services

Council to keep children's services as social workers tell review of 'considerable improvement' ... child in need cases, it added.

Children's services | Next Step Blackpool

Blackpool's families, children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. Our 'Blackpool Families Rock' model of practice has been co-produced ...