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Fixing the family support gap
NCASC

Fixing the family support gap

By Mary-Alice Doyle | 27 November 2025

Camden LBC is launching a powerful, data-driven model designed to pinpoint low-income families most at risk and deliver support long before crisis hits. The stakes are high and the implications cou...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Creating a haven home for children

By Stephen Evans | 27 November 2025

Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting ...

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Two-child benefit cap lifted

By Martin Ford | 26 November 2025

Abolition of the two-child benefit cap in today’s Budget has been welcomed as a ‘first step’ in t...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Start as you mean to go on

By Dawn Plimmer | 15 September 2025

Best Start in Life Plans could be a once in generation opportunity, argues Dawn Plimmer of Collab...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The influence of dual perspectives in children's social care

By Craig White | 11 September 2025

Craig White looks at how dual perspectives can change thinking in children's social care

SEND

LGA calls for EHCP scale back amid potential backlash

By Emily Twinch | 10 July 2025

Local authorities have called for the scaling back of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) de...

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...

SEND

Spending Review: Silence on SEND reform

By Martin Ford | 11 June 2025

Councils will have to wait until the autumn for details of reforms to services for children with ...

PREVENTION

Prioritising prevention

By Cllr Beverley Egan | 07 May 2025

Cllr Beverley Egan looks at the actions for radical change emerging from the independent Essex Ca...

ASYLUM

Home Office cuts UASC incentive payments

By Paul Marinko | 10 April 2025

The Government has reinstated an incentive scheme for councils accepting the transfer of Unaccomp...

LEGISLATION

Schools Bill criticised by commissioner

By Emily Twinch | 27 January 2025

The children’s commissioner has criticised Labour’s schools Bill, arguing it does not include det...

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Culture and Inclusion Lead

Grade 11 - Starts at £64,650 rising by yearly increments to a maximum of £72,972 per annum

We are seeking a strategic and values-driven Culture & Inclusion Lead Apply for this job

Devon & Cornwall Police

Executive Director of Place

£159,840 - £186,282

We are now seeking a new Executive Director of Inclusive Growth & Place to lead this bold agenda Apply for this job

Hounslow London Borough Council

Head of Facilities Management

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Our borough is beginning a huge transformation. With ambitious regeneration plans, a need for new infrastructure, Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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