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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...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Chief to head Reading turnaround
By Sam Clayden | 26 September 2016
Achieving for Children chief executive Nick Whitfield has been assigned to turn around Reading Co...
WHITEHALL
Academisation could cost councils £320m
By Dan Peters | 23 September 2016
The cost to council taxpayers of converting all schools to academies could be as high as £320m, n...
FINANCE
Back to school
By Cllr Peter John | 23 September 2016
Councils are achieving great results on education in London but question marks over government fu...
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Senior Engineer / Transport Planner
£47,181 – £50,269
This role is a chance to build on the experience you have in Transport Planning or Civil Engineering Apply for this job
Service Director – Property and Business Support Services
£86,955 – £94,552 per annum
You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
Commercial Project Manager
£54,495 - £56,288
The scale of growth and regeneration across the city means you’ll work on a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects Apply for this job
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