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Direction issued to Barnet council

Revised direction issued to the London borough of Barnet, due to poor performance in children's social care services.

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This revised direction requires Barnet council to continue to take steps to improve its children바카라 사이트™s social care services, including co-operating with the DfE appointed Children바카라 사이트™s Services Improvement Advisers, Essex county council, who will lead and direct the children바카라 사이트™s services improvement programme.

An independent report by the Commissioner for Children바카라 사이트™s Services in Barnet recommended that Barnet receive intensive peer support from a 바카라 사이트˜good바카라 사이트™ council.

This direction requires the council to allow the commissioner to return to review the effectiveness of the intervention approach by the end of May 2018.

It follows a that judged the overall effectiveness of the council바카라 사이트™s children바카라 사이트™s social care services to be 바카라 사이트˜inadequate바카라 사이트™.

This direction has closed. A new direction issued by DfE on 7 June 2018 replaces it.

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Published 25 January 2018
Last updated 27 June 2018 show all updates
  1. Replaced with new direction.

  2. First published.

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