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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

NAO: Government children's services reforms unsuccessful

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Auditors have blasted government attempts to rectify failure within children’s services, warning ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Mandatory reporting of abuse 'won't aid outcomes'

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 October 2016

Town hall bosses have criticised government plans to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected c...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Trusts no 'quick fix' for failures in kids' services

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Delivering children’s services through a trust is not a ‘quick fix’ solution to failure, an acade...

FINANCE

Social care facing 'fresh risks' over funding

By Thomas Bridge | 11 October 2016

Experts have warned social care services face ‘fresh risks’ under council funding reforms, as the...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Trust to run Sandwell MBC's children's services

By Sam Clayden | 07 October 2016

Sandwell MBC’s children’s service department is to be transferred to a trust despite inspectors h...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Kids' services in need of 'radical change'

05 October 2016

The chief executive of charity Barnardo’s, Javed Khan, has called for a ‘radical new approach to ...

FINANCE

Second-hand daylight

By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016

Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The real lesson from grammar schools

By Claire Fox | 05 October 2016

Claire Fox says opponents and champions of Theresa May’s grammar school strategy are overly fixat...

SOCIAL CARE

Crossing the boundaries

By Simon Brown | 27 September 2016

A ground-breaking idea that saw six councils forming a partnership to improve support for vulnera...

WHITEHALL

Council pension funds review opens

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016

An expert has suggested the status quo could be the ‘least bad option’ as a review of academisati...

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frederica-diamanta

Talent Acquisition Lead (Manger)

Band I SCP 44-47 (£55,609 - £59,025 per annum)

Ready to shape the future of talent acquisition in local government and make a real impact? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Principal Lawyer - Children and/or Adult Safeguarding

£51,356 - £56,494

Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Industrial Relations and HR Policy Manager

£54,495 - £57,864

What You’ll Do This is a unique opportunity to step into a strategic role at the heart of industrial relations. As Industrial Relations & HR Polic... Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council