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WHITEHALL
Pressure rises on Gove to build social housing
By Dan Peters | 19 October 2021
Pressure was this week mounting on new housing secretary Michael Gove to ramp up the building of ...
FINANCE
'Tough decisions' for Peterborough
By Martin Ford | 15 October 2021
Peterborough City Council faces ‘tough decisions’ to get a grip on its finances, according to a p...
TRANSFORMATION
Transforming services through COVID
By Jim Leivers | 29 September 2021
Keeping children’s services going through a pandemic was hard enough, but St Helens MBC has embar...
FINANCE
Ombudsman: Care system failing to deliver
By Chris Mahony | 28 September 2021
Funding problems rather than individual errors explain a ‘relentless rise’ in the proportion of s...
AUDIT
Advisers brought in to boost Liverpool governance
27 September 2021
Two independent advisers have been co-opted onto Liverpool City Council’s audit committee in a bi...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Peers find 'strong and effective leadership' at council
By Dan Peters | 24 September 2021
Telford & Wrekin Council has ‘strong and effective’ political and managerial leadership, Local Go...
SOCIAL CARE
Making the leap
By Patrick Meila | 14 September 2021
Patrick Melia explains Sunderland City Council’s drive and determination in taking its children’s...
OFSTED
Voyage for improvement
14 September 2021
Blackpool Council’s new model of practice is shifting service culture away from a focus on proces...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
SEND children being left behind by council
By Naomi Larsson | 31 August 2021
Children with special educational needs are being left behind by council services across Bournemo...
FINANCE
Dissecting dysfunction
By Dan Peters | 31 August 2021
Could anything have been done by the sector or the Government to draw Croydon back from downfall?...
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- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Council changes approach to providers after contract collapse
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
Chief Executive
Competitive Salary
You will lead an organisation with ambition, complexity and reach, while helping shape the future of a place Apply for this job
Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care
Up to £123,477
To help drive this vision forward, we’re seeking an exceptional Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care. Apply for this job
Deputy Director Children’s Services (Director of Children’s Social Care)
Competitive Salary
Reporting to the Director of Children’s Services, you will lead services across one of England Apply for this job
- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Council changes approach to providers after contract collapse
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
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