Devon Card for care leavers
This is a pre-paid card which can be loaded with care leaver entitlements in a safe and efficient way to manage entitlements. It provides a new and secure way of receiving and spending funds.
Befriend a local young person in care
Could you provide support and friendship to a young person in care? Independent Visitor volunteers wanted in Devon.
30 hours free childcare benefitting Devon families
Debbie and Jamie from Devon share how they could only afford childcare for one day a week before taking up #30hours.
SEND Strategic Review – capital funding 2019-20
Devon County Council is funding improvements to SEND provision in schools. They have published the SEN plans and how they decided to spend the money.
Devon Inclusion Toolkit: ‘No Need to Exclude’
The toolkit is to support schools to avoid permanent exclusions. The pack contains a variety of useful information, resources, links and is designed for whole school use to raise awareness for teachers.
Ofsted Annual Conversation and Focused Visit
Ofsted “left with a clear sense of the key milestones in the local authority’s improvement journey, the challenges that remain, and plans for future improvement.”
New special school places
New ACE Tiverton School will open in September 2019 following a £4.2m investment, offering 70 places for secondary aged pupils with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ACE).
Children’s services from Virgin Care now integrated to Devon County Council
Welcoming new staff from Children’s Community Health and Wellbeing Services from Public Health Nursing, Portage, ROVICs and Children’s Homes.
Devon’s Deputy Leader calls for more cash for schools and special education
Devon County Council’s deputy leader and Cabinet member for schools, James McInnes, has written to Education Secretary Damian Hinds on behalf of all the political parties on the council calling for more money for education.
Who will you nominate for excellence in social work?
We’re very proud of the fantastic work our social workers do here in Devon and we would like to encourage nominations across all categories for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards.