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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Let's support the drive for improvement

By Phil Norrey | 25 October 2017

Phil Norrey says the Department for Education clearly has it’s own ideas about children’s service...

SCRUTINY

McKinlay: Why peer-reviews should be mandatory

By Jacqui McKinlay | 23 October 2017

Jacqui McKinlay outlines why the Centre for Public Scrutiny believes the Local Government Associa...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Ofsted: More to do to improve Birmingham's children's services

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2017

Birmingham City Council has ‘further work’ to do to improve its children’s services, an Ofsted mo...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Government backs sector-led improvement for children's services

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2017

The Department for Education (DfE) has signalled a major policy shift with a £20m investment for ...

HEALTH

Sutcliffe: CQC 'got some things wrong' in local systems reviews

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2017

The chief inspector of social care has admitted mistakes were made in the Care Quality Commission...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

To the power of four

By Mark Rogers | 12 October 2017

As part of the second installment of children's services essays collated by iMPOWER, Mark Rogers ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Gavin Jones: We must become learning organisations

By Martin Gavin | 04 October 2017

Kicking off a series of articles, Gavin Jones argues the increasingly complex world challenges th...

EDUCATION

Ministers hand councils new education role

By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2017

Scottish ministers have watered down plans to reduce council influence over schools.

IMPROVEMENT

Fresh audit warning for Brum

By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2017

Birmingham City Council’s auditors have delivered another major warning over the authority’s budget.

HEALTH

Care 'catastrophe'

By Hiba Mahamadi and Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Friction rises as council leaders warn over Whitehall’s threats to withhold bed-blocking cash.

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Place and Customer

up to £179,404 per annum

Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Development & Adoptions Lead WMF2670e

£51,356 - £52,413

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Thriving Places Directorate within the Highways Consenting Team Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

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