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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...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We want to work with new Government 'to help deliver on our shared ambitions'

By James Jamieson | 16 December 2019

One of Boris Johnson's key priorities must be to publish the provisional Finance Settlement quick...

WHITEHALL

This will be a different Conservative Government

By Paul Dossett | 13 December 2019

Head of local government at Grant Thornton UK, Paul Dossett, says the fact that the Conservative ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

London borough rejects insourcing children's services

By Martin Ford | 11 December 2019

Kingston LBC had considered returning services from a wholly-owned company when their contract en...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The importance of an early start

By Rachel Dickinson | 11 December 2019

With concerns of underfunding remaining in the childcare sector, the Association of Directors of ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Repairing a broken system

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2019

The voluntary scheme for sharing responsibility for the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...

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Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

£107,232 to £112,065

This is a pivotal role, providing leadership across legal, HR, electoral and policy services at a defining moment for local government. Apply for this job

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Corporate Director Children's Services

£Competitive

Children's Services plays a critical role in shaping the future of Buckinghamshire. Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Director of Public Health

£116,667 - £139,386

Redbridge is an ambitious east London borough, one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse in the capital. Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

£107,232 to £112,065

This is a pivotal role, providing leadership across legal, HR, electoral and policy services at a defining moment for local government. Apply for this job

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Corporate Director Children's Services

£Competitive

Children's Services plays a critical role in shaping the future of Buckinghamshire. Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Director of Public Health

£116,667 - £139,386

Redbridge is an ambitious east London borough, one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse in the capital. Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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