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Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Children's services to return to council in October
Staff working for a not-for-profit company set up by a council to run services for children will have their jobs transferred back into the authority in October. Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC) was set up in December 2018 by Reading Borough Council after the authority's services were rated inadequate by Ofsted. The council voted to bring the services back under its direct control at a meeting in January. BFfC was created with the aim of improving services but Reading's children's services were judged to still require improvement in July 2024. When the decision was taken earlier this year to bring the company's employees back in-house, council leader Liz Terry said BFfC had made "good progress". In papers, the authority said BFfC staff will be transferred to the council on 1 October. The council's corporate and HR policies will replace BFfC's policies, it said. Staff were consulted about the move between 5 June and 7 July. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Council to bring children's services back in-house Council could bring children's services in-house Mother given £3,460 after sons miss out on school Inadequate youth justice service 'neglected' children Reading Borough Council
BBC News
13-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Reading's children's services to return to council in October
Staff working for a not-for-profit company set up by a council to run services for children will have their jobs transferred back into the authority in Futures for Children (BFfC) was set up in December 2018 by Reading Borough Council after the authority's services were rated inadequate by council voted to bring the services back under its direct control at a meeting in was created with the aim of improving services but Reading's children's services were judged to still require improvement in July 2024. When the decision was taken earlier this year to bring the company's employees back in-house, council leader Liz Terry said BFfC had made "good progress".In papers, the authority said BFfC staff will be transferred to the council on 1 council's corporate and HR policies will replace BFfC's policies, it were consulted about the move between 5 June and 7 July. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
08-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
New Hull SEND hub opens in Lil Bilocca House
A specialist hub for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) has opened in centre, which is located in Lil Bilocca House in the city centre, brings together a range of services under one roof, Hull City Council include the authority's children with disabilities team, along with its leisure and family support said the move would allow more capacity and improve leisure activities offered to children and young people with SEND. Councillor Linda Tock, portfolio holder for children's services, said: "This hub provides a great base for our SEND services, better meeting the needs of our teams and the children they support."It has enabled them to expand their current offer to families and also gives us the opportunity to bring in [more] SEND services under the same roof." The project has been supported by the local community, with donations of sensory equipment and games consoles from local charity Life For A Kid Phil, the Vicar of Sculcoates, St Mary's and St Paul's churches in Hull also raised £10,000 for the hub, with youngsters helping to decorate plans to develop the hub include an indoor sensory garden, along with plans to integrate health services, officials said. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Click here to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and here to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Plans for children's care hub near Sunderland
A residential property could become a care hub for children and young people with complex mental health or behavioural needs, if plans are for Children (TfC), which delivers children's services on behalf of Sunderland City Council, wants to create a care facility for up to four people, aged from 11 to 17, at the site at Hylton Bridge Farm.A planning statement noted there was currently no specific such provision within Sunderland and South Tyneside, with the new development aiming to create "a local, regulated home".A decision is expected by 8 July. The proposed site, referred to as "The White House", is within an area off Downhill Lane and the Nissan plant, according to documents seen by the Local Democracy Reporting include building a 6.5ft-high (2m) timber fence around the property and installing planning statement said the home would not always operate at capacity and the maximum number of children on site at any one time would be limited to and young people using the home may "require personal care, medication, and support with learning" and the home was not expected to have a lot of visitors, the document said the proposed development was appropriate within the green belt.A decision on the planning application will be made after a period of consultation by councillors. Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
CTV News
07-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Sask. parents say speech language pathology services cut in half in Regina
WATCH: A group of parents are concerned about a reduction speech language pathology services for their children. Wayne Mantyka has the story.
