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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
LGA calls for seat at table in children's care review
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2020
The Local Government Association (LGA) is pressing for close involvement in the Government’s pled...
FINANCE
Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services
06 January 2020
For Family Hubs to work they will need two things – freedom and funding – and they need to be all...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
Councils defend out of area placements
By Martin Ford | 24 December 2019
The children’s commissioner has called for a national review of the care system as four in 10 chi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted finds children 'still at risk' in North East Lincolnshire
By Martin Ford | 23 December 2019
The council has been warned by the watchdog it is not doing enough to improve children’s services.
EDUCATION
Bristol is the first city worldwide to adopt a Period-Friendly Places model
By Cllr Helen Godwin | 20 December 2019
Cllr Helen Godwin explains how Bristol is tackling the issue of period poverty - becoming the wor...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The rise of SEN Tribunals and how to prepare for them
By John Roberts | 20 December 2019
Lawyer John Roberts outlines what to expect from a Special Education Needs Tribunal and how local...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Local government are the systems thinkers and the time to act is now
18 December 2019
Systems thinking - considering the whole, not just the parts, and how those parts interact - bri...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Signs of improvement in inadequate children's services
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2019
Two councils subjected to Government intervention due to poor children’s services have received p...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fair redistribution must play a continuing part in council funding
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 18 December 2019
SIGOMA chair Sir Stephen Houghton trusts ministers will ‘recognise the key role that councils mus...
FINANCE
Northamptonshire heading for budget overspend
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2019
Officers have forecast a £1.9m budget gap at the end of the financial year due to a failure to re...
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Competitive
As Director of Legal and Governance, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will play a central role in our corporate leadership team, Apply for this job
Deputy Headteacher
£67,898 - £75,049 per annum
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