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MJ AWARDS
A step forwards for children in Sandwell
By Lesley Hagger | 26 October 2020
The STEPS school-like setting has transformed the lives of children newly arrived in the UK. Lesl...
WHITEHALL
Councils step in after government rejects Rashford campaign
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020
Councils around the country have quickly stepped in after the Government voted against providing ...
SOCIAL CARE
Advocacy services remain crucial despite COVID pressures
21 October 2020
Councils must ensure social care providers understand that the legal obligations to refer to advo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Healthy Relationships Week: local progress in tackling parental conflict
By Virginia Ghiara | 19 October 2020
To mark the start of Healthy Relationships Week, Virginia Ghiara of the Early Intervention Founda...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Disabled people could be part of the answer to the fostering crisis
By Dr Peter Unwin | 08 October 2020
Thousands of disabled people could help relieve the long-standing recruitment crisis in fostering...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Pulling children out of poverty
By Jenny Coles | 06 October 2020
Poverty is not inevitable or ‘someone else’s problem’. President of the ADCS Jenny Coles looks at...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A very blunt instrument
By Carolyne Willow | 06 October 2020
Carolyne Willow says it is to this Government’s shame that it found time to carry out a ‘massive ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
If Robin Hood ran our SEND services
By Colin Pettigrew | 06 October 2020
Nottinghamshire CC is one of the 11 local authorities on IMPOWER’s 2020 Index of the best perform...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Improving foster care recruitment using service design techniques
By Kat Thackray | 30 September 2020
Kat Thackray explains how local authorities can use service design techniques to improve the fost...
FINANCE
Government urged to increase children's services funding
By Martin Ford | 29 September 2020
The Spending Review marks a crucial moment for a system of children’s social care that is reachin...
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
Director of Prosperity and Investment
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious council delivering growth, regeneration and investment at scale. 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
Director of Prosperity and Investment
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious council delivering growth, regeneration and investment at scale. Apply for this job
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