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LGA Conference 2013: Casey urges chief execs to lead on troubled families

By Jonathan Werran | 02 July 2013

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey praises role of councils in fixing chaotic households but urg...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

CEOP: councils must step up efforts to combat child sex abuse

By Mark Conrad | 02 July 2013

Police urge councils to do more to tackle child sexual exploitation, after new evidence shows man...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

UC rolls out to Wigan

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2013

Jobseekers in Wigan can today claim benefits from Universal Credit, in latest advance of the Coal...

FINANCE

Spending Review 2013: welfare spending cap from April 2015

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2013

Chancellor proposed setting four-year cap on welfare costs from April 2015, with limits set there...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Welfare reforms driving up rent says London Councils

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 June 2013

London Councils has warned government plans to reform the welfare system could be driving rents u...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Children of public sector workers to be pushed into poverty, says TUC

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2013

Some 180,000 children who have at least one parent working in the public sector are set to fall i...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

'Bedroom tax' councils could lose HB subsidies, Lord Freud warns

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

Housing Benefit subsidies could be axed for councils trying to get around ‘bedroom tax’ by re-des...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Poverty rises by 900k, DWP figures show

By Thomas Bridge | 14 June 2013

An additional 900,000 people were living in poverty in 2011/12 - including 300,000 more children ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Government appoints first social value ambassador

By Thomas Bridge | 13 June 2013

Chris White MP appointed the first official social value ambassador, tasked with promoting the ag...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Don't pass on unfair cuts to charities, Pickles warns councils

By Jonathan Werran | 12 June 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles tells councils not to ‘pull up the drawbridge on the voluntary...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director, Children and Young People (DCS)

£142,952 (pay award pending)

We are now seeking our next permanent Corporate Director of Children and Young People to drive forward the services and deliver lasting impact. Apply for this job

Herefordshire Council

Head of Finance Delivery (SHDC)

£67k

Are you a qualified finance professional who thrives in environments where your people skills are as valued as your financial acumen? Apply for this job

Public Sector Partnership Services Limited (PSPSL)

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

£121,180 rising to £134,644 plus benefits and provided car

Premium jobReporting directly to the Chief Fire Officer to support and advise the Fire Authority Apply for this job

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service