Category: Children’s services

513 Children’s services posts found.

Consultation on changes to post-16 transport funding to be held

07/03/2019

Shropshire Council’s is to carry out a six-week consultation into proposals to save £202,625 from the council’s SEN (Special Educational Needs) transport…

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Young carers produce a leaflet to raise awareness of young carers

07/03/2019
Young carers leaflet

Young carers from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have worked together to produce a leaflet which aims to raise awareness of young carers…

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Decision made by Cabinet on 6 March 2019; plus video of meeting

06/03/2019

An important decision was made by Shropshire Council’s Cabinet at its meeting today (Wednesday 6 March 2019). To see the full agenda and…

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Shropshire Council to invest in new residential accommodation for children in care

01/03/2019

Shropshire Council has agreed to increase its provision of residential accommodation for children in its care, by investing in the purchase, adaptation…

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Local Jewish author Natalie Cumming helps Shropshire schoolchildren to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

12/02/2019
Holocaust - Pupils planting the tree at St Peter's School, Wem.

Natalie Cumming, author of ”The Fiddle”, joined schoolchildren, Shropshire Councillors, and representatives of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in ceremonies held…

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Budding children’s social workers encouraged to apply to fast-track training programme

12/02/2019
Polly Chapman, Step Up to Social Work student

People interested in making a real difference to the lives of Shropshire’s children are being encouraged to consider a career as a…

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Shropshire needs more foster carers – could you foster a Shropshire child?

29/01/2019

Shropshire Council has today (Tuesday 29 January 2019) launched a new website to try and encourage more people to come forward to…

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Another good year for Shropshire schools, shown by latest school performance tables

25/01/2019

Congratulations to Shropshire’s GCSE students and their teachers as new figures show that 2018 was another good year for GCSE results. The…

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New running track made from recycled road now in use at Criftins CE Primary School

16/01/2019
Criftins pupils go for a run on the school's new running track

A new running track made from a recycled Shropshire road is now in use at Criftins CE Primary School near Ellesmere. Constructed…

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Agencies effective at dealing with Shropshire children in need or at risk, report finds

15/01/2019

Agencies including Shropshire Council, Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and West Mercia Police provide an effective response when concerns are raised about…

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