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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Adopting strengths-based approaches

By Ewan King | 03 October 2018

To deliver improved children’s social care, we need to focus on people’s strengths, and not just ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Britain's betrayal of childhood

03 October 2018

Is childhood across Britain in crisis? The answer in a new book by Sir Al Aynsley-Green is ‘yes’...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The worst is yet to come

03 October 2018

There’s still no pledge from Government to put more cash into services for children and families....

EDUCATION

Give councils power to intervene over 'zombie academies' - Labour

24 September 2018

The forced academisation of schools would end and councils would be empowered to take over failin...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils 'failing disabled parents'

By Chris Mahony | 21 September 2018

Social care authorities are failing disabled parents by viewing their impairment as a risk to chi...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Powys faces 'long improvement journey'

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2018

Powys CC has ‘much more to do’ to improve its children’s services, senior councillors have been t...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Welsh councils call for ring-fenced preventative funding

By Laura Sharman | 18 September 2018

A new preventative fund should be created in Wales to help ease the strain on children’s services...

FINANCE

Social work is a special case

By Blair McPherson | 14 September 2018

If the rubbish bins aren’t collected and pot holes aren’t filled, the public protests will be lon...

WHITEHALL

Unions in Brexit funding plea

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Councils should not bear the financial burden of registering 120,000 children who qualify for UK ...

OFSTED

Brum vows to improve SEND after critical report

By William Eichler | 11 September 2018

Birmingham City Council has vowed to take urgent action to make ‘significant improvements’ after ...

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director of Family Services & Strategic Partnerships

£97,632 - £108,033

Creating Brighter Futures – Where Leadership Sparks Magic Apply for this job

North Northamptonshire Council

Assistant Director – Education, SEND and Inclusion

£97,632 - £108,033

Creating Brighter Futures – Where Leadership Sparks Magic Apply for this job

North Northamptonshire Council

Director of Public Health

£123,000 - £139,000 plus up to £10,000 relocation expenses

Your opportunity to make a huge impact. Apply for this job

Brighton & Hove City Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director of Family Services & Strategic Partnerships

£97,632 - £108,033

Creating Brighter Futures – Where Leadership Sparks Magic Apply for this job

North Northamptonshire Council

Assistant Director – Education, SEND and Inclusion

£97,632 - £108,033

Creating Brighter Futures – Where Leadership Sparks Magic Apply for this job

North Northamptonshire Council

Director of Public Health

£123,000 - £139,000 plus up to £10,000 relocation expenses

Your opportunity to make a huge impact. Apply for this job

Brighton & Hove City Council