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ECONOMIC GROWTH

We're helping to educate a new generation of people

By Neil Fergus | 12 October 2016

School maintenance is a crucial issue but mounting demands in education mean the issue is being m...

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...

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Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

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Housing Ombudsman

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Principal Lawyer - Planning and Highways

£51,356 to £56,494 + £3000 Market Rate Supplement

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

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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

Principal Lawyer - Planning and Highways

£51,356 to £56,494 + £3000 Market Rate Supplement

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

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

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