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WHITEHALL
Councils left in dark over youth offending budgets
By Martin Ford | 15 May 2019
Funding uncertainty is undermining councils’ efforts to tackle knife crime and County Lines drug ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Recruiting for Liverpool's future
By Steve Reddy | 15 May 2019
Liverpool City Council is recruiting more social workers to cut workloads and improve outcomes fo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Delay to Northamptonshire reorganisation welcomed
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019
Council leaders have welcomed the year-long delay to plans to create two new unitaries in Northam...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Elvery: Improving children's outcomes is top priority after Ofsted blow
By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019
West Sussex CC’s boss Nathan Elvery has said improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Inspectors criticise council's pace of improvement
By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019
The overall pace of improvement in Reading Council’s children’s services has ‘not been sufficient...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services chief challenges SEND plans threshold
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2019
A children’s services director has suggested too many children are being assessed for special edu...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs criticise council chiefs for 'stonewalling' select committee
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2019
The chief executives of two councils have been accused of showing a ‘lack of leadership’ for not ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Investment in children's centres helps deliver real results
By Cllr Judith Blake | 08 May 2019
Leeds has become the first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate - and the role played by c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Spending Review should put aside £3bn for children's services - MPs
By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 April 2019
The Government needs to release at least £3bn of non-ring-fenced funding to local authorities to ...
WHITEHALL
Austerity holding back local government fight against knife crime
By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019
‘Inadequate’ Government leadership and funding is hindering local government in tackling knife cr...
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Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2945e
£51,356 - £52,413 (plus an additional market factor supplement of £7,842)
Are you looking for a role that offers more than just career progression? Apply for this job
Director of Quality and Safeguarding
£100,731 - £104,625
Trafford is a borough with ambition at its heart. Apply for this job
Senior Lawyer (Housing)
£55,296 - £60,286 per annum
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lawyer (Housing) to join us! Apply for this job
- London borough chief to retire
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- MHCLG praises council capability on housing
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Exclusive: Rural and urban council funding 'more or less' the same
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