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Revised direction issued to Reading borough council: 2017

A revised statutory direction issued to Reading borough council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

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This revised direction requires the council to continue to take steps to improve its children바카라 사이트™s social care services, including cooperating with the DfE-appointed Children바카라 사이트™s Services Commissioner to establish an alternative delivery model for its services.

An independent report by the Commissioner for Children바카라 사이트™s Services in Reading recommended that services be removed from the council바카라 사이트™s control and an alternative delivery model be established.

DfE appointed the Commissioner following a report by that judged the overall effectiveness of Reading바카라 사이트™s services to be inadequate.

This direction replaced the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in September 2016.

This direction has closed and a revised direction issued by DfE on 3 December 2018 replaces it.

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Published 12 September 2017
Last updated 3 December 2018 show all updates
  1. Closed direction. A revised direction replaces it.

  2. First published.

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