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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Croydon to act on missing children

By Mark Conrad | 29 January 2018

Police officers will be placed inside Croydon LBC as part of an initiative designed to tackle the...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Further deterioration of Sandwell's children's services

By Mark Conrad | 29 January 2018

Sandwell MBC has failed to improve its Ofsted rating for children’s social care and is still mana...

SOCIAL CARE

Judge's warnings over care proceedings

By Mark Conrad | 22 January 2018

Councils should ‘think long and hard’ before embarking on care proceedings against ‘otherwise uni...

WHITEHALL

Inspector arrives amid reorganisation pressure

By Mark Conrad | 16 January 2018

An independent inspector today began investigating Northamptonshire CC’s precarious finances amid...

HEALTH

Welsh councils welcome health and social care review

By William Eichler | 16 January 2018

Welsh local authority leaders have welcomed the publication of a report into the sustainability o...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child referred to social care every 49 seconds, figures reveal

By Laura Sharman | 12 January 2018

Referrals to council children's services reached 646,120 last year, according to new figures from...

SOCIAL CARE

Scottish homecare services under threat

By Hiba Mahamadi | 11 January 2018

Almost 40% of care at home services in Scotland handed back their contracts to local authorities ...

HEALTH

Council leaders welcome decrease in delayed transfers

By William Eichler | 11 January 2018

Council leaders have welcomed a reduction in the number of days patients who are ready to be disc...

HEALTH

New name is a smokescreen for inaction

By Michael Burton | 10 January 2018

The new labels for the government departments responsible for local government and health and car...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care directors in honours list

By Michael Burton | 02 January 2018

Social services directors featured prominently in the New Year’s Honours List.

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Transport

£112,924

Premium jobEast Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is on a bold journey. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority

Group Lawyer Manager (Contracts and Commercial) - WMF2156e

£63,830 - £66,642

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Commercial and Contracts Lawyer to join our high-performing legal team Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Programme Manager, Scarborough

£49,764 - £53,817 per annum

Are you someone who is innovative and can oversee the delivery of strategic transformation programmes? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council