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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Local areas must face up to the scale of child criminal exploitation
By Anne Longfield | 04 March 2019
Children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield says her recent report on improving the safegu...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Public audit will soon need a spring clean
By David Walker | 19 February 2019
John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire children's services improve
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2019
Ofsted has found Worcestershire CC has made progress in raising the standards of its children’s s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils caught in the middle
By Bob Neill | 13 February 2019
Bob Neill says nailing down a robust framework to strengthen scrutiny is an essential part of the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Staff turnover holding back Gloucestershire's 'inadequate' children's services
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2019
Gloucestershire CC is ‘making insufficient progress’ in improving its children’s services, accord...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs criticise Whitehall 'complacency' over inadequate children's services
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2019
A top mandarin has been accused of ‘complacency’ by MPs over the time taken to improve children’s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Bexley's six pillars
By Jacky Tiotto | 30 January 2019
Jacky Tiotto describes the six elements that drove the overall improvement and development of chi...
OFSTED
Collaboration is key in delivering the SEND reforms – a reflection on inspection
By Caroline Marriot | 24 January 2019
Organisations in Milton Keynes were described by Ofsted and the CQC as ‘united in their ambition ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Doncaster brought in to review Herefordshire children's services
By Martin Ford | 21 January 2019
Doncaster MBC will review Herefordshire Council’s children’s services following heavy criticism f...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Birmingham children's care no longer 'inadequate'
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2019
Children’s care services in Birmingham are no longer inadequate for the first time in more than 1...
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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
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
Environmental Services Contract Manager
£52,413 - £59,615 per year
This is a role with real strategic influence. From shaping policy and commissioning service improvements Apply for this job
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