CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Alastair Gibbons appointed Birmingham DCS

By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2014

Birmingham City Council has appointed Alastair Gibbons as the new executive director of the autho...

FINANCE

Situations vacant

By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014

With an impeccable sense of timing for the half-term holidays, spending watchdogs the National Au...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MJ People - 30 October

27 October 2014

FINANCE

How to keep staff when pay is static

By Michael Burton | 27 October 2014

Michael Burton reports from a recent evening debate in Trafford with local government private sec...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MJ People 23 October

20 October 2014

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

New shared chief appointed

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 October 2014

Malvern Hills DC and Wychavon DC have appointed Jack Hegarty as their shared chief executive/mana...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Somerset axes controversial interim DCS

By Jonathan Werran | 20 October 2014

Somerset CC chief execuitve Pat Flahterty explains decision to end tenure of children’s services ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Jan Ormondroyd parachuted in to Rotherham

By Jonathan Werran | 17 October 2014

Former Bristol City Council chief executive Jan Ormondroyd has been selected to lead beleaguered ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham DCS McNally resigns before taking charge

By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2014

Birmingham City Council’s recently appointed director of children’s services (DCS), Bernadette Mc...

FINANCE

It's getting tough to find staff

14 October 2014

Squeezed wages and difficult working conditions could make recruitment and retention of quality s...