FINANCE

No contract for Highland Council

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016

The Scottish Government has refused to let Highland Council buy out a series of school constructi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Demand to halt payments for school conversions

By Mark Whitehead | 19 January 2016

Councils should no longer be forced to pay for the cost of schools converting into academies, loc...

WHITEHALL

Councils' role in school improvement under threat

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

MPs have called for a ‘fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight’ for all schools ...

FINANCE

Cameron's Tory council leader tables worst-case scenario cuts

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

The Conservative leader of prime minister David Cameron’s council has risked reigniting the row o...

FINANCE

Leading councils 'risk being dragged down'

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

Councils brought in to save failing children’s services face falling into the same patterns as th...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Government backs children's services at 'combined level'

By Thomas Bridge | 15 January 2016

Government plans to overhaul children’s services have indicated support for delivery of social ca...

BUSINESS

Councils bid for school powers return

By Dan Peters | 15 January 2016

Councils must remain at the heart of school place planning, the Local Government Association (LGA...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils face new inspections regime from February

By Thomas Bridge | 14 January 2016

New inspections of council services for vulnerable children launching in February have been descr...

FINANCE

Notts – keeping the young at heart

By Thomas Bridge | 12 January 2016

Nottingham City Council has introduced an innovative model for supporting young people leaving ca...

FINANCE

Giving children a chance in straitened times

By Ian Hudspeth | 04 January 2016

Despite financial limitations in children’s services, counties are doing commendable work in stre...

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Director – Housing Services

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Redbridge London Borough Council

Executive Director – Place, Communities and Enterprise

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Redbridge London Borough Council

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Cheshire East Council

frederica-diamanta

Director – Housing Services

£Competitive

Are you ready to lead transformative housing services in one of London’s most ambitious and diverse boroughs? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Executive Director – Place, Communities and Enterprise

£Competitive

Are you ready to lead one of London’s most ambitious place-shaping agendas? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Director of Quality, Partnerships and Commissioning (Children and Families)

From £85,883 to £115,826

The role will lead on arrangements for statutory Apply for this job

Cheshire East Council