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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Heaphy gets children's trust chief role
By Dan Peters | 04 June 2020
Birmingham City Council’s former interim chief executive has been appointed to head up Northampto...
OFSTED
Ofsted 'mindful' of councils' coronavirus pressures
By Martin Ford | 03 June 2020
The watchdog has promised to be ‘extremely mindful’ of pressures faced by local authorities as it...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Mockingbird: Supporting foster families
By Angharad Dalton | 02 June 2020
A Flintshire CC support system for foster families was awarded innovation funding last week. Ang...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Time for some creative thinking on safeguarding
By Anne Longfield | 02 June 2020
With many key partners having closed their doors, local authorities need to think differently abo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children should not carry the cost of this crisis
By Jenny Coles | 02 June 2020
Emergency funding for the pandemic is welcome, but it is not enough to cover costs. Children shou...
EDUCATION
'Vast majority' of primary schools to reopen next week
By Martin Ford | 27 May 2020
The Government believes most councils plan to partially reopen primary schools from Monday.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Authorities missed chance to help murdered County Lines teen
By Martin Ford | 27 May 2020
A lack of information sharing meant authorities missed an opportunity to intervene in the case of...
FINANCE
Kent leader warns of migrant crossing 'crisis'
By Martin Ford | 26 May 2020
The council's leader has asked the home secretary to make it mandatory for authorities to provide...
LEGAL
Judge highlights Haringey safeguarding failures
By Martin Ford | 22 May 2020
A London borough has defended its social care service following scathing criticism from a High Co...
TROUBLED FAMILIES
Call to release 'trapped' troubled families funding
By Martin Ford | 21 May 2020
Bureaucracy threatens to hold up cash needed to support vulnerable children, the County Councils ...
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Advanced Social Work Practitioner
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You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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