Birmingham Social Services

Fact File
  • Birmingham has 2,142 children in care, one of the highest proportions in England.
  • Some 40,000 live in households where violence is commonplace.
  • Absenteeism among children’s social care staff is out of control at an average 25 days a year per person.
  • Tony Howell, Strategic Director for Children Young People and Families, is at the helm of the shamed child protection service and earns an estimated £155,000 a year.
  • Budgets are continually overspent with the council paying up to £6,000 a week to keep children in residential homes.
  • Social worker job campaigns haven’t cut vacancy rates of almost 20 per cent.
  • Much money is wasted by placing children not at risk on the child protection register, to bolster or fake numbers of 'success rates'

Thursday 28 January 2010

Was it my multi-blogged moan?

Was it my multi-blogged moan that un-locked my new blog http://sequels-and-trilogies.blogspot.com/ ?
I know that blogger took the full 20 days to un-lock a blog of a friend of mine. Now his block WAS highly political but there should be no difference.
Perhaps it was my genuine threat to move to wordpress?

Who knows?

Thank You blogger for acting quickly

Bob de Bilde

in reference to: Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies (view on Google Sidewiki)

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