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WHITEHALL

70% decrease in youth services funding

By William Eichler | 25 September 2019

Local youth services have been hit by a nearly 70% decrease in funding in a decade, young people'...

LONDON COUNCILS

London Boroughs adept at SEND, but with some disparity

By Mark Conrad | 24 September 2019

London’s councils are generally adept at managing pupils with special educational needs (SEND), b...

LEGAL

Named person scheme dropped

By Dan Peters | 20 September 2019

A mandatory named person scheme for every child in Scotland – underpinned by law – will not now h...

WHITEHALL

Drive to check council readiness for Brexit

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2019

The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting to gain a better understanding of school sector ...

WELFARE

Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC

By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2019

It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Tackling youth crime: building the evidence for what really works

By Dr Jane O'Brien | 17 September 2019

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to k...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Putting a public health approach at the heart of the response

By Heather Flinders | 17 September 2019

Waltham Forest LBC has had a longstanding commitment to tackling youth gang culture. But Heather ...

THIRD SECTOR

Directors dismiss 'recruiting sergeants' claim

By Mark Conrad | 17 September 2019

Children’s services directors have dismissed as ‘wholly inappropriate’ MPs’ claims that councils ...

FINANCE

Positive results found for axed project

By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019

A University of Oxford report has revealed a since-scrapped Essex CC initiative led to a dramatic...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Our Ofsted journey: from inadequate to good in two years

By Will Tuckley | 12 September 2019

Turning round children’s services in Tower Hamlets in two years was a ‘mighty struggle,’ says Wil...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

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