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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Authority vows to tackle kids' services failures

By Sam Clayden | 21 September 2016

Wirral MBC has pledged £2m and established an improvement board in a bid to tackle ‘widespread an...

FINANCE

Former ministers call for cross-party care commission

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 September 2016

Politicians from across the divide have joined forces to call for a cross-party commission to tac...

FINANCE

Credit union investment will aid residents

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016

Councils should invest in credit unions to help residents avoid the clutches of ‘legal loan shark...

WHITEHALL

Councils poised to join grammar schools race

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2016

Local authorities could start building new schools again under Theresa May’s plans to create more...

FINANCE

NECA chair: Whitehall 'not ideologically wedded' to devo

By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016

Devolution discussions in the North East have ground to a halt after leaders failed to agree the ...

REORGANISATION

Scrap all districts, says backbench Tory MP

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

A backbench Tory MP has called for all the district councils in England to be scrapped, as boroug...

FINANCE

Take control of the Powerhouse

By Ed Cox | 31 August 2016

The future of the Northern Powerhouse does not rely on central government alone and councils must...

FINANCE

LGA warns of pay to stay's unseen complexities

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 August 2016

Council leaders have warned the Government’s new pay to stay policy will generate ‘nowhere near t...

WHITEHALL

A career of reorganisation

By David Buckle | 24 August 2016

The retiring chief executive of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse DCs, David Buckle, on h...

WHITEHALL

Strong branding lacked key details

By Paul Watson | 17 August 2016

An industrial strategy to cover the whole country is long overdue and is all the more urgent foll...

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Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

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Newham London Borough Council

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Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council