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I have had my new puppy for for just over a week. He was so sweet to begin with but in the last couple of days he has started biting the childrens ankles, mouthing everybody, jumping up and being generally really dominant.

If that's 'dominant', about 99% of puppies must be awefully dominant... It's become a fad these days to talk of almost anything dogs do as being caused by dominance, but most of it really isn't... I don't know if I've ever met a young puppy that wasn't a shark. Watch puppies playing together, and that's how they interact -- play-biting and leaping on each other.

OK, but what you really want is a solution, obviously!

Things I've known people to use with success:
Immediately stopping interaction with the dog if teeth contact skin - staring at ceiling, turning around, etc.

Sometimes the above used with a loud indignant 'ouch' first, but some dogs read the 'ouch' as a playful sound, so that bit doesn't always work, depends on dog (kids are usually too squeeky, but sometimes works for adults).

Keeping the puppy on leash when you're interacting with him, so you can do the same while holding him out of reach from you.

Using a small bottle of water or breath spray and when they nip, spritz it at the spot they're nipping (the reason I word it that way is, you want it so if they change their mind and move their mouth off your ankle, they're also moving out of the spray so they're immediately 'rewarded' by not being sprayed anymore.)

Tying the puppy's leash to a doorknob or something (MUST be closely supervised for this one) when you interact, so if he nips you can step out of the way and play 'the dog is invisible' for a moment or two.

Teaching a command like sit, and asking for it constantly, until he sits as soon as he sees you instead of nipping.

Teaching 'OFF' from My Smart Puppy, and using it to 'claim your space back' so he can see you want him to back away instead when he tries that.

A brief time out in the crate.

I'm sure there are others...

Oops - I didn't realize I posted at the same time as Sarah!