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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Torbay fails to turn around children's services
By Martin Ford | 03 September 2018
Torbay Council’s children’s services remain inadequate following a re-inspection by Ofsted.
WHITEHALL
SOLACE: Peer reviews should be made mandatory and transparent
By Dan Peters | 24 August 2018
Council chief executives have suggested that the Local Government Association’s (LGA) peer review...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council has taken 'too long' to improve
By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018
Reading Council has improved services for young people leaving care since an inadequate Ofsted in...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Lancashire children's services out of special measures
By Martin Ford | 17 August 2018
Lancashire CC has been taken out of special measures following improvements to its children’s ser...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services progress 'satisfactory' at Worcestershire
By Martin Ford | 03 August 2018
‘Satisfactory progress’ is being made by Worcestershire children’s services, but ‘much work remai...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Leadership should be more visible - peers
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2018
Gloucestershire CC’s senior political and managerial leadership should be ‘more visibly seen by s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Wakefield children's services rated 'inadequate'
By Martin Ford | 17 July 2018
‘Serious and widespread failures’ have resulted in Wakefield’s children’s services being rated in...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted to evaluate inspection framework, ADCS conference told
By Martin Ford | 06 July 2018
The way children’s services are inspected is itself to come under scrutiny, senior officers have ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council's children's services 'gradually improving'
By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018
Children’s services in Reading are 'gradually improving' two years after the council was rated in...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
More hard work required at Barnet
By Dan Peters | 22 May 2018
Senior leaders at Barnet LBC are ‘fully aware there are still areas of considerable challenge bef...
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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
Development & Adoptions Lead WMF2670e
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This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Thriving Places Directorate within the Highways Consenting Team Apply for this job
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