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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

BASW members hold Welsh austerity march

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018

Social workers are marching through Wales today in protest at austerity cuts.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council's children's services 'gradually improving'

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018

Children’s services in Reading are 'gradually improving' two years after the council was rated in...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Minister urges councils to implement child protection information sharing

By Martin Ford | 06 June 2018

Councils yet to sign up to a child protection information sharing system have been urged to do so.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Telford takes decisive action

05 June 2018

Clive Jones hits back at recent news coverage surrounding child sexual exploitation in Telford an...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Torbay improvement of poor children's services 'too slow'

By Martin Ford | 04 June 2018

A council’s ‘entrenched culture’ has been blamed for a failure to improve its inadequate-rated ch...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

System has 'given up' on children in care, commissioner claims

By Martin Ford | 01 June 2018

The children’s commissioner for England has said the system has 'given up’ on children in care an...

FINANCE

Council warning after schools cash injection

By Mark Conrad | 29 May 2018

Councils have warned that a £50m investment to create state-of-the-art school places for pupils w...

WHITEHALL

Call for greater council oversight of academies

By Dan Peters | 24 May 2018

Ministers need to take control of ‘faltering’ academy finances or let councils oversee them, town...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

More hard work required at Barnet

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2018

Senior leaders at Barnet LBC are ‘fully aware there are still areas of considerable challenge bef...

FINANCE

Overspending forces Manchester to dip into reserves

By Martin Ford | 22 May 2018

Manchester City Council has been forced to dip into its reserves after overspending on its 2017/1...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

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Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

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Cambridgeshire County Council

frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridgeshire County Council