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LGR could put service improvement at risk, says ADCS leader
REORGANISATION

LGR could put service improvement at risk, says ADCS leader

By Ann McGauran | 16 July 2025

Local government reorganisation could put the delivery of better services for children and families at risk, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

ADCS Conference: £53m for new DoL placements

By Ann McGauran | 10 July 2025

The Government has allocated £53m to create 200 new council-run placements for children deprived ...

FOSTERING

Call for Government to fix 'broken' children's social care

By Ann McGauran | 10 July 2025

Urgent action is needed to fix a ‘broken’ children’s social care system and give all young people...

PREVENTION

Changing childhood: Listening, understanding, responding

By Helen Lincoln | 08 July 2025

In the context of a new era of child-centred government and local government reform, the findings...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Preventing abuse from happening must be our ultimate goal

By Rachael Wardell | 04 July 2025

As leaders of children’s services prepare to gather for their annual conference next week, Rachae...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Tameside rejects shortlisted candidates to replace Stewart

By Emily Twinch | 24 June 2025

Crisis-hit Tameside MBC has decided not to proceed with any of the applicants it had shortlisted ...

SAFEGUARDING

Councils need to step up and get a grip on CSE

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2025

There has been political inaction across the major parties on child sexual exploitation, spanning...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils warned to be 'open to scrutiny' in grooming gangs inquiry

By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025

There has been a ‘collective failure’ to address questions about the ethnicity of perpetrators wh...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councillors press minister on SEND costs

By Martin Ford | 06 June 2025

A minister was pressed on financial challenges posed by children’s services when she appeared bef...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'More to do' on diversity in DCS roles

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2025

Diversity among children’s services chiefs has improved over the last year, but ‘there is still m...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Enter the matrix

By Colin Foster | 22 May 2025

As councils embark on local government reform, Colin Foster presents a matrix to support better o...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

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You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

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At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

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