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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...
FINANCE
White Van Man on ... PFI contracts
27 September 2017
When I was a lad my mum used to buy her sofas and fridges and washing machines on the never-never...
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£56,818 - £63,802
Premium jobThis is an exciting opportunity to join our small, friendly, and forward-looking Resources team in this well-respected, award-winning organisation. Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care (DASS)
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, innovative council where Adult Social Care is central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Education & Skills
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
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