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FINANCE

A critical time for children's services

By Jenny Coles | 10 October 2017

Alison Michalska explains the urgent need for government action and national attention on the sta...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Kids' services costs are creating 'unsustainable overspends'

10 October 2017

London Councils has told the Government that rising children’s services pressures are forcing cou...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Whitehall and authorities clash over review on deprivation

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2017

The Government and the sector could be on a collision course over the approach the fair funding r...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Knowsley chief wins praise for turning around kids' services

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2017

The independent chair of Knowsley MBC’s children’s services improvement board has praised the cou...

FINANCE

We need intellectual bandwidth, capacity and resources to halt a children's crisis

By Adam Lent | 04 October 2017

A crisis is coming to children’s services and the Government has yet to acknowledge the problem, ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Early intervention: What good looks like

By Tom McBride | 04 October 2017

Evaluating service transformation to boost early intervention is complex. Tom McBride says the Ea...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Warning for councils after wall collapse

By Laura Sharman | 03 October 2017

Local authorities have been warned they must not ‘contract out’ the safety of new public building...

EDUCATION

Ministers hand councils new education role

By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2017

Scottish ministers have watered down plans to reduce council influence over schools.

FINANCE

Government has to recognise the extraordinary challenges councils face

By John O’Brien | 27 September 2017

John O'Brien looks ahead to the Autumn Budget, warning the pressures feel extraordinary.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Prevent needs foster carers to be included

By Hiba Mahamadi | 27 September 2017

Foster carers need to be urgently included in the Government’s Prevent programme, a membership or...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Housing Ombudsman

£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.

The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job

Housing Ombudsman Service

Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer

£90,347 – £98,135 per annum/y flwyddyn

We’re seeking an energetic, innovative, and inspirational leader to join our team at Powys County Council Apply for this job

Powys County Council

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