PLANNING

Government changes rules to spot slow planners

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2024

The speed with which councils decide planning applications will be assessed over a shorter time p...

LEGAL

APSE questions efficacy of mass litigation by Thurrock

By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024

The Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) has questioned whether Thurrock Council’s ‘ma...

LEGAL

Thurrock v APSE: A tale of two sides

By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024

As Thurrock Council fights to get its finances back in order it has filed a High Court claim agai...

INTERVENTION

Woking contacts police following auditor report

By Paul Marinko | 27 November 2024

Woking BC has contacted the police after an auditor’s report found officers failure to ensure its...

POLICY AND POLITICS

A 'one off' operator

By Nick Raynsford | 26 November 2024

Nick Raynsford reflects on the ‘rich legacy’ left by John Prescott, including as a driving forc...

AUDIT

Woking's debt hits £2.1bn

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024

Woking BC’s commissioners have revealed its ‘spiral of debt’ has reached £2.1bn and further inter...

LEGAL

Thurrock lodges High Court claim against APSE councils

By Paul Marinko | 18 November 2024

Debt-ridden Thurrock Council has filed a High Court claim against 23 councils in an escalation of...

GOVERNANCE

Grant Thornton report: Woking's historic governance arrangements 'wholly inadequate'

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2024

A public interest report into debt-stricken Woking BC has concluded the borough’s governance arra...

INTERVENTION

Intervention at Slough set to be extended

By Martin Ford | 22 October 2024

Slough Council is facing an extension to Government intervention due to ‘volatility’ in its finan...

INTERVENTION

Call for Oflog independence

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2024

Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including makin...

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Educational Psychologist

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Royal Borough of Greenwich

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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Educational Psychologist

£51,893 - £61,664

The Royal Greenwich Educational Psychology & Wellbeing Service (EP&WS) has recently expanded Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Practice Leader - Care team

£52,584 - £55,620

We are seeking for an experienced social worker who is a dynamic leader and is keen to develop their career in management. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Social Care Team Manager

Band I SCP 44-47 (£53,885 - £57,195 per annum)

If you are an experienced Social Worker registered with Social Work England Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council