Article: Hard road to a star rating; SOCIAL SERVICES CREEPS BACK ON TRACK.(News)

Article: Social services finally gets star boost; DEPARTMENT ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  November 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... came out of "special measures" after spending ... than any other social services department ... Coventry went into special measures - close supervision ... council's social services department being put into special measures five years ...

Article: City's social services earns praise; Government ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 6, 2004 ;     556 words ... ... JONATHAN GOODE SOCIAL services at Coventry City ... the authority's social services department a one ... to five years in special measures. Now a mid-year ... Cabinet member for social services Cllr Ann Lucas said ...

Article: Children's services are on a Knife -edge; A government ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  December 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... children's social services under-performed ... government special measures order. Alarm ... division of social services into adults ... Children's social services director Colin ... removed from special measures in the new ...

Article: The rebirth of haringey; After the death of Victoria Climbie, the ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... placed Haringey social services on special measures, a structured ... awarded Haringey social services an improved one ... removed it from special measures. Less than three ... We are a busy social services department and ...

Article: Bore hits back in social services row.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 31, 2002 ;     467 words ... ... performance ratings for social services in England. Speaking at ... Government have had Coventry's social services in special measures for several years now ... improvements Birmingham social services had made. Sir Albert also ...

Article: Letter: Your Say - Social services are ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 6, 2007 ;     506 words ... ... care they were providing. Remember, Cllr Patton, it was your Labour group when in control, whose social services were in "special measures". That was a judgment made by the government about the terrible service being providing to the citizens ...

Article: Improvements in local council social services.
M2 Presswire;  March 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Councils subject to special measures by the Social Services Inspectorate ... Inspections by the Social Services Inspectorate, Joint ... local councils with social services responsibilities being on special measures are listed below ...